Get personal
The Bolus Wizard^TM calculator lets you set different blood glucose targets throughout the day. This unique personalization helps ensure that bolus estimates are more closely matched to your needs - which can help you achieve even better blood glucose control.

Simply customize the calculator with your personal information. You can make up to 8 different settings per day for:

• Blood glucose targets
• Carbohydrate ratios
• Insulin-sensitivity factors

Reduces your math errors.
No need to calculate complex corrections and carbohydrate ratios. The Bolus Wizard^TM calculator can do the math for you.

Decreases the number of correction boluses required.
Using a bolus estimator has been shown to reduce the need for post-meal correction boluses.¹ This means the Bolus Wizard^TM calculator can help you match insulin delivery to your body's needs more easily and accurately throughout the day.

Lower your entry error rate.
With the MiniLink^TM Blood Glucose Monitor, powered by your blood glucose, results are directly sent to the insulin pump. This automatic step eliminates the risk of manually entering the incorrect blood glucose number. REFERENCE: 1. Gross T, Kayne D, King A, et al. The Bolus Estimator Aids Patients in Accurately Adjusting Pre-meal Insulin Boluses. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics 2003; 5, 3:365-369.

Keeping track of active insulin helps prevent hypoglycemia

Overcorrecting for a post-meal rise in your blood glucose is one of the most common bolusing errors. Overcorrection may occur when the amount of insulin still active in your body is not properly taken into consideration. When your blood glucose is above target, the Bolus Wizard^TM calculator automatically takes into account the amount of active insulin still in your body. This is designed to help you avoid hypoglycemia, or low blood glucose, resulting from too much insulin.

Note: The Bolus Wizard^TM calculator can now customize insulin action curves between 2 and 8 hours in 1-hour increments. The default setting for these curves is 6 hours, which most closely represents published scientific data.

Dosing As Easy As 1-2-3

1) Test your blood glucose with the MiniLink^TM Blood Glucose Monitor, and the result is automatically sent to the MiniMed Paradigm® insulin pump.

• If you are using another monitor, you must manually enter the result.

2) Enter the number of carbohydrates for your meal in grams or exchanges.

• If you are not eating and only want a correction bolus to lower high blood glucose, skip this step.

3) The Bolus Wizard^TM calculator suggests an estimated insulin dose.

• You can accept or adjust the suggested amount and start delivery
• To help you review the estimated dose, the Bolus Wizard^TM calculator displays the most comprehensive list of estimate details available

Three ways to better time the delivery of your insulin
The MiniMed Paradigm® family of insulin pumps have multiple bolus options so that you can more closely match your insulin to the timing and food content of your meals. These flexible, yet precise, ways to deliver insulin make it easier to manage your blood glucose after you've eaten, which can be one of the most challenging aspects of diabetes.

1) Normal bolus for everyday needs

A Normal bolus delivers insulin on demand to match your food intake or to correct high blood glucose. When it's time to eat, you simply program the insulin pump to deliver a specific amount of insulin to cover the carbohydrates in your meal. To lower your blood glucose, you also program the insulin pump to deliver a specific amount of insulin based on your insulin sensitivity ratio. This bolus type is the most commonly used option for everyday meals, snacks and blood-glucose corrections.

2) Square Wave^TM bolus for more time

A Square Wave^TM bolus allows you to spread the delivery of an insulin dose over a specified time period. You use it whenever you eat food that may take longer to absorb. For example, foods high in fat or protein may take a few hours to digest, thereby delaying absorption of the carbohydrates. Also, absorption may be delayed because you are "grazing“ such as at a party or multi-course dinner. With this option, you just anticipate how much you'll be eating and program the insulin pump once. Then, you can enjoy the freedom to eat over a period of hours without stopping for a second bolus dose.

3) Dual Wave^TM bolus for the next level of control

The Dual Wave^TM bolus combines a Normal bolus with a Square Wave bolus. This option is helpful when you are eating foods that are quickly absorbed along with foods that take longer to absorb. For example, you may start dinner with a fruit salad, but then eat a few slices of pizza, which contain a lot of fat to delay absorption. The Dual Wave^TM bolus allows you to program a certain percentage of insulin for immediate delivery and the remainder over a period of hours.

Most effective for mixed meals

In a recent study, the Dual Wave^TM bolus was found to be the most effective method of insulin administration for high-carbohydrate and high-fat meals. Compared to single- and double-bolus doses, a Dual Wave^TM bolus resulted in lower blood glucose levels even four hours after the meal.²

These bolus Tips & Tricks are just some of the helpful information to assist you in getting the most from your MiniMed Paradigm® pump. For more information, call 1-866-444-4649 to speak with an Inside Sales Representative.