User's Manual

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The Pump has six major components: the medication reservoir, the pumping
mechanism, the antenna, the microelectronics, the battery, and the tone
transducer. Figure 2 shows the interior of the Pump.
Figure 2: Interior of the Implantable Insulin Pump
Medication reservoir
The medication reservoir holds the insulin and is refilled with a special
syringe through the Pump fill port.
Pumping mechanism
The pumping mechanism takes insulin from the medication reservoir and
delivers it through a catheter into your body. The pumping mechanism
delivers the same amount of insulin every time it pumps. The amount of
insulin delivered in each “stroke” of the pump mechanism is called the stroke
volume.
Antenna
The Pump antenna receives the radio signals from the PPC and delivers the
PPC’s programmed message to the microelectronics of the Pump.
Microelectronics
The microelectronics are designed to control the pumping mechanism so that
you receive the amount of insulin you have programmed the Pump to deliver.
You tell the microelectronics what to do by using your PPC. The