Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Tricking yet another sensor
Jenny says:
It has been our practice lately to try to get more days out of the sensor than Medtronic allows. The Guardian RT automatically turns off after 72 hours, but if we unplug the sensor from the transmitter and do another search, it will reinitialize. We always check out the skin around the sensor to make sure that it doesn't look red. I read somewhere that the sensor sight is less likely to get infected because insulin is not going through it. So, with a little caution, we have been turning an $11/day sensor into a $8/day sensor.

The other morning, Tommy woke up with a reading of 74 on his Guardian, and a 73 on his meter. It is starting to get hard to know which device to trust more.

I have been talking to a Mom in Canada whose son is on the Medtronic 522 pump and has designed a transmitter pouch. She is going to be sending me a couple, so we will be experimenting with them next week. We are excited that there might be a way to avoid all the transmitter tape.

7 comments:

Scott K. Johnson said...

Thanks for the update!

It sounds like there are a lot of folks stretching the life of those sensors. Good to know considering just how spendy they are. $8/day is still a lot though.

Looking forward to more news on how things are going.

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Bernard said...

I went to a pump club meeting last week where the Minimed rep talked about the 522 and the associated meter.

It seems that for some folks the monitor insert may last longer than 3 days. But of course that's not recommended.

I'm in the Boston area and the rep mentioned that about 10 patients around Boston had been able to get approval for the 522 and sensor. He had a form letter that he gave us. Basically using improved control as an argument for it.

He also mentioned that Minimed is talking with the major insurance companies and working on getting the sensor under coverage.

Yes it's a lot more expensive, but I think insurance companies can do the math. One less ambulance trip a year is a big savings!

Anonymous said...

i am using the minimed sensor and transmitter and i found that i can keep the sensor running as long as i like. when it expires i just go through the settings to "start new sensor" and i dont even need to detatch the transmitter to reset the clock. hope this helps you...

Anonymous said...

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