User's Manual

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List of figures
Figure 1: Implantable Insulin Pump and
Personal Pump Communicator (PPC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Figure 2: The Implantable Insulin Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Figure 3: Interior of the Implantable Insulin Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Figure 4: The Intraperitoneal Catheter and Side Port . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 5: Personal Pump Communicator (PPC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure 6: Filling the hub of the refill needle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Figure 7: Venting the syringe head space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 8: Testing Pump stroke volume with a pipette . . . . . . . . . 60
Figure 9: Tubing and retainer removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 10: Proper attachment of the Side Port Catheter to Pump . 62
Figure 11: Example of Pump placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Figure 12: Filling the hub of the refill needle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Figure 13: Operation of the Pump inlet valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Figure 14: Venting the Medtronic MiniMed refill syringe . . . . . . 76
Figure 15: Template and placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Figure 16: Inlet valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Figure 17: Venting the refill syringe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Figure 18: Stroke volume measurement setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Figure 19: Stroke volume measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139