[Diabetes-Talk] Medtronics Infusion Set & 780 Insulin Pump.

[Patricia Maddix]

Joyce,
So it sounds like you have been using the Medtronic 770 pump since last August. Are you totally blind or do you use some site to perform some functions? Can you share some more about how you deal with the pump and what functions you are able to do independently?
Which sensor do you use?
Patricia
 

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> On May 31, 2023, at 7:45 PM, blindhands--- via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Wow!  I can't wait to get my pump upgraded.  I am waiting to hear  from the
> trainer.  I received my pump last August and I get the upgrade at no
> additional cost.
> 
> 
> Is it difficult to put in the carb count?
> 
> I have been waiting 65 years for this technology to be available to a
> diabetic!!
> 
> Joyce
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Eileen
> Scrivani via Diabetes-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2023 3:21 PM
> To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind' <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: etscrivani at verizon.net
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Medtronics Infusion Set & 780 Insulin Pump.
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> 
> 
> I want to give an update on the Mio Advanced infusion sets as well as the
> Medtronic 780 insulin pump that just came out a week or two ago.
> 
> 
> 
> This morning I met with a Medtronic pump trainer who adjusted my current
> Paradigm pumps rate for properly filling the canula in the Mio Advanced
> infusion sets I was issued on my last pump supply order.   While I find the
> new design of the Mio Advanced infusion sets a tad more convoluted, it is
> totally workable and usable for a diabetic who is totally blind. I can and
> will continue using them with my existing pump.
> 
> 
> 
> During my time with the trainer I was shown the new Medtronic 780 insulin
> pump that came out about 2 or three weeks back. It is a different layout
> than the current Paradigm that I am using. My current pump needs to be held
> on its side to position the screen display on top and four buttons on the
> bottom edge running from left to right. On the new 780 model they turned it
> around so the pump is held  vertically positioning the screen on top. Under
> the display is a circular layout of buttons with the Act/Okay button in the
> center and arrow keys around it. There is a back-out button to the upper
> left  of the circle. All of these are tactile and easy to feel.
> 
> 
> 
> There is no unlocking of the screen or needing to see the screen to access
> features. If the Medtronic pump is used with the Medtronic glucose sensors
> the pump can be totally automated to adjust insulin delivery for low and
> high glucose numbers. The trainer said there is an app that works with the
> CGM &iphones but I did not get to try that out. I think the name of the app
> is gardian something or other. If a person chose not to use Medtronic CGM
> then you cannot use the automated features of the pump and could just go
> with the Dexcom CGM and bolis manually on your own. There also used to be a
> requirement of calibrating twice per day with the Medtronic 770 pump, but in
> the 780 they removed the need to do any calibrations with the CGM.
> 
> 
> 
> I'm not yet ready to upgrade to a new pump but I will look at this one again
> come next year. The one thing I did not like is they removed the audio beeps
> on counting back the number of units when I gave it a number of presses for
> a bolis. It did vibrate back, but that was done at the point the insulin was
> being delivered. So this would require utmost care when pressing the button
> for insulin delivery. Still I will keep this pump in mind and look at it
> more seriously come next year.
> 
> 
> 
> HTH.
> 
> 
> 
> Eileen
> 
> 
> 
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