Which insulin pump is right for you?

• Weekly Schedule - Set customized basal patterns, missed bolus alerts, and custom alerts to happen automatically by time and day of the week.
• Colors - blue, black, atomic purple

Medtronic Minimed
MiniMed Paradigm® REAL-Time Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitoring System 522  or 722

• Continuous glucose monitoring technology - Displays updated glucose values every five minutes.
• The Bolus Wizard Calculator - Bolus dosing calculator suggests a bolus dose based on personal settings, food intake, and current blood glucose value.
• Adjustable active insulin curves - Active insulin curves selectable between 2 and 8 hours in duration. Defaults to six hours.
• Choice of two reservoir capacities - Model 522: 176 units. Or Model 722: 300 or 176 units.
• CareLink™ Personal Therapy Management Software for Diabetes - Web-based system transforms data from your MiniMed Paradigm insulin pump, blood glucose meters
• The OneTouch® UltraLink™ Meter - Wireless blood meter communicates with MiniMed Paradigm insulin pumps remotely.

• Programmable reminders and alerts
• Personalized ratios / factors / targets / presets
• LCD backlight
• Child lock-out feature

• Water resistant

• PC download

• Colors - clear, smoke, blue, purple

Omnipod Insulin Management System
Insulet Corporation  

 
• Integrated Infusion Set: Each OmniPod features an integrated angled infusion set with automated cannula insertion and no tubing
• Basal Programs and Segments:  7 programs with up to 24 segments each.

• Programmable in 30 minute increments
• Basal Increments and Maximum: 0.05 U/hr increments, up to 30 U/hr
• Integrated FreeStyle® blood glucose meter
• Integrated food database with over 1000 common food items
• Setup wizard
• Bolus calculator
• Programmable reminders and alerts
• Personalized ratios / factors / targets / presets
• LCD backlight
• Child lock-out feature
• Colors - white

ACCU-CHEK Spirit insulin pump system
Roche

• A free Palm PDA or a Treo smart phone for an additional charge to perform bolus calculations and enable easy carb counting
• Accu-Chek Pocket Compass software with bolus calculation
• Choice of carrying case
• Three operating menus
• Four bolus options
• Five basal rate profiles
• Side-mounted tactile buttons for no-look delivery, together with a bolus calculator on a separate PDA device.
• Alternate basals
• Extended boluses
• Two easy methods for precise bolus delivery
• Vibration and audio modes
• Precise measurement of residual insulin
• a continuous clear display, backlighting
• Additional memory for basals and boluses
• Waterproof
• A single AA alkaline or rechargeable battery lasts around 4 weeks.
• Basal insulin delivery occurs every 3 minutes, regardless of basal rate.