What if You Could Speed-Date and Fall in Love With One of the Available Automated Insulin Delivery Systems?
In this video you can explore the personality behind every available hybrid closed loop system and choose the one that works best for you!
In this video, you will learn about the following:
✔ Review of unique features of each system including tubeless options, algorithm performance, and CGM compatibility
✔ Detailed comparison of all five available options: Omnipod 5, Medtronic 780G, Tandem, iLet, and Twiist
✔ Benefits for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes patients
✔ How these systems reduce hypoglycemia while improving overall glucose control
✔ What makes AID systems revolutionary for diabetes management
✔ How pumps automatically adjust insulin based on real-time glucose readings
In this video, you will learn about the following:
✔ Review of unique features of each system including tubeless options, algorithm performance, and CGM compatibility
✔ Detailed comparison of all five available options: Omnipod 5, Medtronic 780G, Tandem, iLet, and Twiist
✔ Benefits for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes patients
✔ How these systems reduce hypoglycemia while improving overall glucose control
✔ What makes AID systems revolutionary for diabetes management
✔ How pumps automatically adjust insulin based on real-time glucose readings
As an endocrinologist living with diabetes himself, Dr. Jeremy Pettus takes a creative approach to exploring insulin pump options – by speed dating them! In this entertaining and informative video, Dr. Pettus sits down with each of the five leading AID systems, giving them a chance to “pitch” their unique features and benefits. Through these dating-style interactions, you’ll learn about the distinct personalities and capabilities of each system, making it easier to find your perfect match. In this video, Dr. Pettus explores what makes each pump special and helps you understand which might be right for your lifestyle and diabetes management needs. The five FDA-approved options (Omnipod 5, Medtronic 780G, iLet, Twiist, and Tandem systems) each offer unique advantages, from tubeless designs to automated meal detection and simplified setup processes. Many systems now support both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes patients, eliminating complex carb counting and calculations while delivering improved time-in-range metrics and reduced hypoglycemia risk.
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Preferably an AID without tubing. I’m uncertain as to which out of the 5 are without tubing. Also, which out of the 5 are compatible with differing CGMs.
A further explanation would be most helpful as the above two concerns are most important in choosing.
Hi Mary Ellen,
The article does state that Omnipod is the only tubeless patch pump currently, and CGM integrations are listed with each system. The ADCES website gives a little more detailed info about each pump for comparison purposes if you’d like to check it out:
https://www.adces.org/education/danatech/insulin-pumps/find-and-compare-insulin-pumps
Hope that helps!
Your comment reminds me of how I was also once scared of the tubes. My first pump was the Omnipod 5, used with the Dexcom G6 (CGM). It was much better than MDI’s and finger sticks, but since it did not have control IQ technology and was unable to learn me, I was not gaining the much needed control. Also, it’s surprising how heavy the pod of the insulin is against the insertion site with the Omnipod 5, which leaves a wallowed out whole after it’s removed. Now that I’m infusing via Tandem Mobi (the world’s smallest insulin pump), I am getting more time in range & feel better. The cannula that delivers the insulin is smaller too. All I can say is… don’t spend any more time worrying about the tubes, they will make you feel so much better. I am sending this message hoping to be of help in this very important decision. Tandem Mobi has several different ways it can be worn. If you wear it on your body via the Tandem Sleeve, the tubing is only 5.” If you’re a brittle T1D, please check out the Tandem Mobi.
Thank you for your comment, Frances! 🙂
Hello! Your comment reminds me of how I was also once scared of the tubes. My first pump was the Omnipod 5, used with the Dexcom G6 (CGM). It was much better than all of the MDI’s and finger sticks, but since it did not have control IQ technology and was unable to learn me, I was not gaining the much needed control. Also, it’s surprising how heavy the pod of the insulin is against the insertion site with the Omnipod 5, which leaves a wallowed out whole after it’s removed. Now that I’m infusing via Tandem Mobi (the world’s smallest insulin pump), I am getting more time in range & feel better. The cannula that delivers the insulin is smaller too. All I can say is… don’t spend any more time worrying about the tubes, they will make you feel so much better. I am sending this message hoping to be of help in this very important decision. Tandem Mobi has several different ways it can be worn. If you wear it on your body via the Tandem Sleeve, the tubing is only 5.” If you’re a brittle T1D, please check out the Tandem Mobi compatible with the Dexcom G7.
Hi, I am in the hunt for a pump that goes down to a 0.025 Un/Hr on the basel rates. I also use less than 4 un per day in my basel daily total. No one talks about these features so I can’t compare the pumps equaly.
I really do not know about all pumps, but you can look them up on the company’s website under “specifications”. You may also be able to find more detailed info on this website:
https://www.adces.org/education/danatech/insulin-pumps/find-and-compare-insulin-pumps
Let me know what you find please.
Do the Omnipod 5 and the Dexcom G7 have to be on the same side of the body? Can I put the DexcomG7 on the front of the arm ?
To answer your first question, some people have been connectivity issues so I do think having the two devices in close proximity is probably going to give you the best connectivity. However, I do have patients who don’t have any problems at all no matter where they put it. You can always experiment. And yes, you can wear the G7 on the front of your arm – it makes your biceps look bigger!