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Position of Insulin Pump and peripherals.

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The research was actually funded by omipod which produces a tubless pump sold in america, but isn't due to be licenced in Europe until later this year or it may be out in 2011!

But this has been debated amoungst pumpers for a while now, and most actually find that where they place their pumps makes little difference to control, most pumpers tend to stick to the same length of tubing and in the main keep their pumps in similar positions..

But as a layman and a pump user, looking at what they are saying, the gravity would come into play to create a syphone effect, for this to happen surely you would have to have air in the system and the system to be opened ended?

Once the canular is in, cartridge is in and tubing is connected then there isn't any air in the system or that can get into the system to kick the syphone effect going!
 
Yes I too have read discussion about it elsewhere.
researchers found that raising or lowering a conventional insulin pump, to the full extent of its tubing, can significantly affect the accuracy of insulin delivery, especially at low basal infusion rates.
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The thing that struck me was that they used long tubing( 80 and 110) and then stretched it out to it's full extent. and then said that children with low basal rates were most likely to be affected. I'm not a child but not very tall and find that the shorter 60cm tubing is too long... It's almost never stretched out to its full exent, and once its in position you don't start moving it up and down, usually its far more of a problem tucking the tubing in!
Quite frankly I think the study was designed to show a problem.
 
I agree phoenix

The 80cm and 110cm lengths are rarely used amoungst Adults, most children will use the shorter 30cm length's of tubing so not sure why they were using the longer lengths unless you are right and they were looking to create a problems..

I use the 60cm length tubing, and find this to really be too long for me, and I am of adverage female hieght.. If I extended the tubing to full lentgh it would be above my head or down below my knees.. My pump spends most of the time either in my pocket or clipped to my waistband and tubing wrapped around it!!

I have seen the Omipod, and yes there are many who like the fact it is tubless and the whole lot attaches to the body, so no tubes to catch or block etc... But as with everything there is always a downside, for the Omipod this is that when wearing it, it creates a lump under your clothing, not good if you into wearing tight fitting clothing...

But yes as a choice for the user then it has valid points to consider it's all down to persnal preferance, and what the indvividual wants..
 
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