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Originally Posted by Jedi Mark Funnygrl -
I'm new to terminology. What do the different connection types mean? There's "proprietary," "standard," "custom," and "Luer lock" from what I've read in different charts. Is one better than the other? |
Standard and luer lock mean the same thing. It means just what it says- it's the industry standard. This means that sets for the Accu-chek/Disetronic, Animas, Older Minimed, Cozmo, and Nipro all take the same so they are interchangable.
Sets for the Minimed Paradigm and the Dana pump are proprietary- meaning they can't be substitued with the others mentioned above, though some people have been having luck with a new brand of reservoirs that fit the Paradigm pump and can take standard sets, they aren't designed to do this.
Finally, the Omnipod is in a category of it's own for obvious reasons.
I prefer the standard ones myself- more variety.
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Also, what pump do you use and why?
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I went with the Cozmo:
1. It's waterproof
2. It has an attached Freestyle Flash
3. It has a huge memory
4. Takes standard sets
5. Has free software upgrades
6. I got good feelings about their customer service when I requested info online and had a huge packet of info at my door the next morning.
They will send you out the PR packet and dvds, and you can ask them any questions you want. I'm sure that there's probably a rep in Bismarck too, so you could get that person's name and set up a meeting to get to play around with it before you decide. (You can do this with the other pump companies too, just not the online chat.)
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