[JediSkipdogg]

The ORIGINAL plans were for teh 1275 to come out March/April of 06 and the Micropump (1500?) to come out about right now. However, like Jim said, J&J scrapped all that, well partially.

The Micropump is rumored to be a few pumps in one. It will be a tubingless pump, like the Omnipod. However, it will have interchangeable cartridges for your insulin requirements. My assumption would be if one wanted to, they could pick the size they use for that day, and just change it every day. That way they can keep the pump size to a minimum.

The micropump is also rumored to have a step above Omnipod. The pump can be controlled in simple terms by the pump itself, OR by a PDA. One the pump, there will be a few buttons that can give a bolus and that is it. No combo bolus or anything else, just a straight bolus. That at least makes sure you can take care of your insulin needs shall you leave the PDA somewhere.

Here is a small picture of it, kinda hard to fully see it though...



The estimated size of the attached part with the 3 ml reservoir attached is 65mm x 38 mm x 11 mm. So still pretty thick. In comparison, the Omnipod "pod" is 41 mm x 61 mm x 18 mm. So the size is partially smaller than the Omnipod in terms of thickness. But the main advantage, control from the pump, and you don't throw the entire device out, just the replaceable insulin cartridge.

There are also plans of ways to control the pump besides a PDA, say for example a special wrist watch, or maybe a new blood glucose meter. The possibilities are endless. And I must say, MM would need to come out with something amazing to top that. But with them figuring out how to recover from the BD fallout, they might not being doing as much R&D on the pumps now.