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This makes me mad as a minimed user. I can't even get data out of my pump (a 754) because minimed does not sell the reader in my country. The 600 models are the

This makes me mad as a minimed user. I can't even get data out of my pump (a 754) because minimed does not sell the reader in my country. The 600 models are the top-off the line models that cost $$$. Medtronic shouldn't be able to get away with just saying, turn off remote bolusing to be secure. I hope they get a class-action suit. Background: Medtronic is a money-hungry company. I've been using their insulin pumps for 15 years. Over the years the quality of their infusion sets dropped, they no longer provide a cap (the thing you put on to close the catheter before you shower) with each infusion set, rather than they put only one cap in a 10x bag. The infusion sets started to fail after 2 days (the default timespan is 3 days), whereas it used to last 4-5 days before.

TimBurman 4y ago
There are some Contour Next Link (non-2.4 version) listed on Ebay and other sites. Unless Medtronic locks the meter to one user account, maybe you could then pair it and get the data out, if they will ship to your country. Here in Canada, the infusion sets Mio 30, Mio Advance, Sure T and Mio that I have used all came with a cap in each set. They also charge the government C$26 each, but still that cap cannot be worth more than a few cents, so it is a strange way to save money. The sets have been failing early for me as well at the rate of about 1 in 10. I started with the Mio Advance and my nurse said to call Medtronic and report the failures. Medtronic sent a box of 10 Mio Advance plus boxes of 10 Mio and 10 Sure T (metal) to try for free. The Sure T failed less than the Mio Advance and Mio, but I just had one fail the first day so am trying the Mio 30 which goes in at an angle but uses plastic.
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