[Diabetes-Talk] inpen companion.

[d m gina]

What was the cost of it.
Cheaper than getting five pens at the cost of $45?
Where did you get the help learning it?
How many cartridges come for a month?
Would you keep using it?
Is there an app to down load?
Doesn't get mixed up with the dex com app?

Original message:
> Hello,

> I have actually just started using the Inpen as of three days ago. The 
> app is very accessible with VoiceOver. There are a few things that 
> VoiceOver doesn’t read but they are not viable for the use of the Inpen 
> with the app.

> The set up process is amazingly accessible and simple. If will ask you 
> to dose a surrten amount *Note: This is without an insulin cartridge in 
> the pen. This is how you pair the pen with bluetooth. After you dose 
> the amount and push the plunger all the way you will double tap the 
> pair button. It will go through a status bar of which is read by 
> voiceover beautifully. After that is done you will now place the 
> cartridge in the pen and prime it. This only took about 6 units for me. 
> They tell  you to do this in 2 unit increments.

> I hope this helps,

> Ed Worrell.

>> On Nov 23, 2019, at 3:43 PM, Veronica Elsea via Diabetes-Talk 
>> <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>> Hi everyone.
>> With all the craziness surrounding today's pumps and our future
>> accessibility, I thought this might be helpful for some of you. I'm probably
>> not the only one who got this email since Dexcom is sharing it. But for
>> those who may not have seen it, I thought I'd share this.
>> Inpen by Companion Medical is an insulin pen which works with an app on your
>> phone. I have played with the pen, but not the app.
>> It does have some cool sounding features though. It can deliver up to 30
>> units, in half-unit increments. The clicks were easy to feel when I played
>> with it. It is not a disposable pen, you put cartridges in it. It seems to
>> only have Humalog and Novalog right now though. I hope it has more choices
>> in the future. But hey, the pen comes in three colors, blue gray and pink.
>> When you connect it to the app, it sends your dosing information to the app.
>> So it keeps track of how much you've used and alerts you when the cartridge
>> is low. It has a calculator so it can calculate boluses like the pumps do.
>> It also alerts you when the insulin gets out of an acceptable temperature
>> range. You can set other reminders like when to test, when to take
>> long-acting insulin and stuff like that. You can pair multiple pens to the
>> app. The app also connects with Dexcom Clarity and becomes part of the
>> report your doc sees.
>> When my hubby looked at the screen shots on the web site, he said it looked
>> like a pretty normal app, with text boxes and number keypads. If I'm reading
>> it right, I think for iPhones, it connects through Apple Health somehow.
>> Anyway, here's the web site if anyone wants to check it out.

>> https://www.companionmedical.com/inpen

>> Hope this is helpful.
>> Veronica

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