User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Table of contents
- Glossary
- Before you begin...
- The basics...
- Basic programming
- Starting on insulin
- Using Bolus Wizard
- Optimizing pump therapy
- Insulin pump therapy follow-up
- Utilities
- Troubleshooting and alarms
- Troubleshooting
- My pump has a no delivery alarm...
- What happens if I leave the battery out too long?
- Why doesn’t my pump battery last very long?
- What is a CHECK SETTINGS alarm?
- My screen appears distorted...
- I can’t get out of the priming loop...
- The pump is asking me to rewind...
- My bolus stopped...
- My pump buttons are not acting right during a bolus...
- My pump won’t display my BG reading from my meter...
- I dropped my pump
- I submerged my pump in water
- Alarms
- Alarm conditions
- Troubleshooting
- Pump maintenance
- User safety
- Pump specifications
- Alarms and error messages
- Alarm history
- Backlight
- Basal
- BG target
- Bolus delivery
- Bolus history
- Bolus units
- Bolus Wizard
- Carb ratios
- Carb units
- Daily totals
- Default screen
- Delivery accuracy
- Drive motor
- Dual Wave bolus
- Easy bolus
- Infusion pressure
- (insulin) sensitivity
- Insulin type
- Low resv (reservoir) warning
- Meter value
- Normal bolus
- Occlusion detection
- Percent temp basal
- Power supply
- Prime function
- Prime history
- Program safety checks
- Pump size
- Pump weight
- Remote control
- Reservoir
- Square Wave bolus
- Status screen
- Temporary (temp) basal rate
- Time and date screen
- Water tight
- Bolus Wizard specifications
- Default settings
- Icon table
- Menu map
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Chapter 10
Pump maintenance
It is recommended that you read your warranty statement included with your pump for information about what is
covered during your warranty period.
Battery
The Paradigm pump uses a AAA alkaline battery. As a safety measure, Medtronic MiniMed has designed the pump
to only accept a NEW battery. The pump is very particular, if you insert a used battery, an alarm will be triggered.
Refer to the section, “Install battery” in chapter 2 for instructions.
The use of cold batteries causes erratic pump behavior. To prevent this, do not use batteries that have been in cold
storage (i.e., in the refrigerator or your car in the winter). It takes several hours for these batteries to warm to
room temperature.
Certain features on the pump use a lot of battery power. Your battery will need to be replaced more frequently if
you use these features:
Storage
If you have to remove and store your pump, it is recommended that you store it with the battery in place. Keep a
record of your current basal rates. To preserve battery life, reset the basal rates to 0 (zero), turn off the remote
and meter options, and set the Auto-off to dashes or zeroes.
➠ Remote control ➠ Paradigm Link meter ➠ Backlight ➠ Vibrate alert type setting
CAUTION: It is highly recommended that you use an AAA alkaline Energizer battery. Do not use a carbon zinc
battery in the pump. Do not remove the battery unless you are changing your battery (installing a
NEW battery). Replace it within five (5) minutes. If not replaced within five (5) minutes, the screen
may display an alarm message. Follow the instructions in the message and make sure the time and
date is set correctly. Install a new battery if the battery was placed backwards in the pump.