talked to the people from omnipod about the new pdm comming out

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Permalink Reply by Eric Rizzo on November 29, 2008 at 8:56pm

On another OmniPod user forum that I'm a member of, someone reported on a face-to-face meeting with reps who showed a demo of the new pods. I've asked him to post about it here - we'll see if he follows through.

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Permalink Reply by Rich Campbell on November 29, 2008 at 9:24pm

I met with the rep for Omnipod for lunch and was surprise by two things. I got to see two new things the demo for the pod with a CGMS built into it. It has a canula on each end and is rounded at both ends. Very egglike. He said that it will hold 700 to 1000 units of insulin.

I also got to see a sample of the new design. It has the same foot print but is about a 1/4 shorter with a bump or ridge where the insertion needle is.

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Permalink Reply by Holly on December 5, 2008 at 8:46pm

Is there a CGMS that you can use with the Omnipod? If so what is it and what is it like? Tubes or wireless? Size? Etc?

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Permalink Reply by Daniel on December 5, 2008 at 6:45pm

every day the pods seem to get smaller for me :)

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Permalink Reply by Robin M on November 30, 2008 at 11:57am

Pictures.......................

We want pictures.

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Permalink Reply by Rich Campbell on November 30, 2008 at 9:31pm

If Ihad known that they were going to show them to the endo's I would have taken a camera. I thought it was just going to be a free lunch for me since I am the first person in the area to get the omnipod.

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Permalink Reply by Jim on December 1, 2008 at 7:18am

Are they going to offer two different designs -- one with a continuous monitor and one without?

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Permalink Reply by Tim P on December 6, 2008 at 3:29am

Answers to a few questions asked so far, at least from what I have been told. A cracked screen on a current PDM is just an annoyance, OmniPod apparently fixes more of them than anything else. The new PDM will have a replaceable screen so that it won't be such a big issue with repair; don't know if it will be a send it back or they will send to you fix though. As for the new pods, I've seen the demo for the CGM/Pod it is very cool, but I don't know that the final size has been established. I would be very surprised if it were to hold 700+ units as that would make it very big. The limitation on the current pod size is that it has to be that big to hold 200 units. As well, CGM sensors are only indicated for 5 days so based on the current 200 units = 3 days I can't see it holding more than 400-500 units; which will make it better for some who have significantly greater insulin requirements. I haven't seen the smaller one with the described ridge yet, but I'll see if I can annoy some of my contacts into sharing with me.

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Permalink Reply by Jim on December 9, 2008 at 11:15am

I thought there was a three-day limit on the pods because of an FDA directive that insertion sites must be changed that often to avoid infection. Isn't there a similar limit on changing sites for conventional pumps?

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Permalink Reply by Eric Rizzo on December 9, 2008 at 1:56pm

That would be surprising, since CGMS go longer than 3 days between sensor changes. I would think the same infection risks would apply.

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Permalink Reply by Daniel on December 9, 2008 at 5:35pm

The Dexcom7 is the 7 because it can be used for a week. I wonder if the BGs are different because the insulin is injected in the same general area?

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Permalink Reply by Tim P on December 14, 2008 at 3:47am

Sorry, that was the point I was trying to make. since pumps are only indicated for 3 days, and CGM's for 5, there is a bit of problem. Keeping in mind that any change to that has to be blessed by the FDA after extensive studies. So, I don't think you'll see big pods that will go beyond 3 days, even with the CGM feature.

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