User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of contents
- List of figures
- CHAPTER 1 Description
- CHAPTER 2 Indications and contraindications
- CHAPTER 3 Personal Pump Communicator (PPC)
- CHAPTER 4 Pump implantation
- Preprogramming and pre-testing the Pump
- CHAPTER 5 Pump refill procedure
- CHAPTER 6 Explanting the Pump System
- CHAPTER 7 Warnings and precautions
- CHAPTER 8 Adverse reactions
- CHAPTER 9 System alarms and messages
- Pump alarms
- Alarm feedback
- Pump low battery
- Depleted pump battery
- System error
- Pump self test fail
- PPC low battery
- PPC alarms
- Low reservoir
- Empty reservoir
- Telemetry communication error
- Initialize alarm
- PPC not initialized
- Battery replacement
- Initialize to factory defaults
- Pump stopped
- Pump suspended
- Auto off
- Hourly maximum exceeded
- Pump alarm table
- Pump alarms
- CHAPTER 10 Troubleshooting Pump System under-delivery
- CHAPTER 11 Technical specifications
- APPENDIX A Label information symbol dictionary
- APPENDIX B Implant worksheet
- APPENDIX C Refill form
- APPENDIX D Precautions and general procedures
- APPENDIX E Pump rinse procedure
- APPENDIX F Side Port Catheter flush procedure
- Supplies and solutions
- Preparing for the procedure
- Flushing the Side Port Catheter
- Program minimal basal rate
- Remove insulin and fill with rinse buffer
- Equilibrate and pull rinse buffer through system
- Flush side port catheter
- Remove rinse buffer and fill with insulin
- Equilibrate and pull insulin through system
- Remove guide needles and record refill amount
- Program new basal rate
- Remove rinse buffer from catheter
- APPENDIX G Stroke volume measurement
Description
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Side Port Catheter
The Side Port Catheter (Catheter) transports insulin from the Pump into an
individual’s peritoneum where it is absorbed. The Catheter is made of
polyethylene-lined silicone rubber, which is biocompatible with subcutaneous
and intraperitoneal tissues and supports the stability of the special insulin. The
Catheter is designed with two perpendicular sections: a proximal subcutaneous
section which attaches tangentially to the Pump with a locking connector, and a
distal section which is placed in the peritoneum (see Figure 4). To enable post-
implant localization, a radioopaque stripe runs the length of the Catheter.
The Catheter Side Port is intended to provide access to the Catheter and Pump
outlet, in order to perform the non-surgical interventions and diagnostic
procedures described in Appendices E, F and G. The side port allows for the
introduction of a needle and small syringe to clear Catheter obstructions using
pressures up to 100 psi. It also allows for the introduction of a needle to verify
Pump stroke volume.
Figure 4: The Intraperitoneal Catheter and Side Port