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Why don't pumps come with pre-filled cartridges?!!
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<blockquote data-quote="jopar" data-source="post: 231296" data-attributes="member: 11712"><p>Nope you'll wrong .. </p><p></p><p>Some pumps have an options of glass or plastic cartridges, and Accu-chek D-Tronplus can use either glass, plastic or the standard 3ml pre filled cartridges. But not sure whether this pump is now discontinued or not now! </p><p></p><p>It is purely cost that prevents pre-filled pump cartridges being manufactured..</p><p></p><p>The different pumps have slightly different cartridge design, about 10 years ago the pump manufacturers did look into the viability of producing pre-filled pumps...</p><p></p><p>To make it work it required a standardisation of pump cartridges and an investment of well over £20 million to get production set up..</p><p></p><p>Another problem is the sheer cost of production the pre-filled cartridges were also very steep, and too uneconomic pushing up the over-all cost of insulin pump therapy.. </p><p></p><p>In the UK insulin pens are now the most popular method of insulin delivery, In countries such as America the syringe and vial method of delivery is the most popular method of delivering insulin, Pumps only make up a very small percentage..</p><p></p><p>Oh this information comes from the horses mouth, a pump company</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jopar, post: 231296, member: 11712"] Nope you'll wrong .. Some pumps have an options of glass or plastic cartridges, and Accu-chek D-Tronplus can use either glass, plastic or the standard 3ml pre filled cartridges. But not sure whether this pump is now discontinued or not now! It is purely cost that prevents pre-filled pump cartridges being manufactured.. The different pumps have slightly different cartridge design, about 10 years ago the pump manufacturers did look into the viability of producing pre-filled pumps... To make it work it required a standardisation of pump cartridges and an investment of well over £20 million to get production set up.. Another problem is the sheer cost of production the pre-filled cartridges were also very steep, and too uneconomic pushing up the over-all cost of insulin pump therapy.. In the UK insulin pens are now the most popular method of insulin delivery, In countries such as America the syringe and vial method of delivery is the most popular method of delivering insulin, Pumps only make up a very small percentage.. Oh this information comes from the horses mouth, a pump company [/QUOTE]
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