User guide

Normal mode - Regular operating
mode. No special features are
active, no alert or alarm
conditions exist. Insulin
delivery is normal during this
mode.
Now portion - The normal portion
of a Dual Wave bolus. The now
portion delivers immediately
and is then followed by the
Square portion.
Nutrition - The process by which
the body draws nutrients from
food and uses them to make or
mend cells.
Nutrition label - Used to
determine the nutritional
content of foods, as well as
calories, carbohydrates, fats,
proteins, vitamin and mineral
content.
Nutritional content - The
breakdown of nutrients found
in a particular food.
O
Occlusive dressing - A bandage
that seals a wound from air or
bacteria.
P
Pattern A/B - Basal pattern that
supports activities that are not
a part of your day-to-day
routine, but are normal in your
lifestyle. Such activities could
be a sport that you do once a
week or a change in your sleep
pattern over the weekend,
extended periods of higher or
lower activity, or menses.
Post-prandial reading - Blood
glucose reading taken after a
meal
Predictive alerts - These alerts
can be used so that you receive
alarms before the sensor
glucose measurements reach
your glucose limits. This alert
predicts when the sensor
glucose measurements will
reach your glucose limits by
using information about your
glucose limits and recent
sensor glucose measurements.
Press - To push and release a
button.
Protein - One of the three main
sources of energy or calories in
food. Proteins are made of
amino acids, which are called
the building blocks of the cells.
The cells need proteins to grow
and to mend themselves.
Protein is found in many foods
such as meat, fish, poultry,
and eggs.
PSI - Pound-force per square inch.
Pump S/N - Pump S/N is the serial
number of the pump currently
in use.
R
Rate of Change alerts - These
alerts can be used to set up the
system so that you receive
alerts if the sensor glucose
measurements change too
rapidly for your needs. You can
set the limit for these alerts so
that you receive an alert
whenever the sensor glucose
measurements fall or rise
faster than the limit.
Reservoir - The syringe that holds
insulin.
Reset - To set again, or change
the information (reset your
glucose values).
Resume - Restarts basal delivery
after the pump is suspended.
Rewind - The pump drive moves
back to its starting position to
prepare the pump for a new
reservoir.
RF - Radio frequency
S
Scroll - Press the up or down
arrow buttons to move through
the screen text.
Select - Pressing the up or down
arrow buttons to highlight a
desired screen item.
Sen-serter - The Sen-serter is
indicated as an aid for
insertion of the Medtronic
Diabetes glucose sensor.
Sensitive - Easily irritated
(sensitive skin), or able to
measure very slight
differences (a sensitive
instrument).
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