SAN DIEGO, Oct. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Tandem Diabetes
Care®, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNDM) has been selected as a finalist in
CONNECT's Most Innovative New Product Awards for its t:flex®
Insulin Pump. For 28 years, CONNECT, an innovation company
accelerator in San Diego,
California, has celebrated innovation leaders in the local
community with this award. The t:flex Pump is one of three finalist
products in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device category.
"Bringing real innovation to the diabetes space is a primary
goal for Tandem," said Kim
Blickenstaff, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Tandem Diabetes Care. "This means creating devices that are new and
different, by working with the diabetes community to develop
insulin pumps that address currently unmet needs. Thank you to
CONNECT for recognizing the t:flex Pump for this achievement."
The t:flex Pump is designed for people who have greater daily
insulin needs, such as teenagers with type 1 diabetes and many
people with type 2 diabetes. It holds up to 480 units of
insulin, which is 60 percent more than other insulin pumps
currently available in the U.S., yet remains smaller in
size.
The t:flex Pump is small and discreet, and provides up to 3 days
of insulin delivery with fewer cartridge changes than standard 200-
and 300-unit pumps. It incorporates the same slim design, advanced
Micro-Delivery® technology, and simple-to-use, touch-screen
interface as the t:slim Insulin Pump, which is consistently rated
#1 by pump users in independent surveys.1 The
t:flex Pump also incorporates a built-in rechargeable battery and
micro-USB port for convenient charging and fast data transfers to
the t:connect® Diabetes Management Application, Tandem's
state-of-the-art, Mac® and PC-compatible data management
software.
CONNECT Award finalists were selected from the following eight
categories: Aerospace, Security & Cyber Technologies,
Cleantech, Communications & IT, Life Science Diagnostics &
Research Tools, Mobile Apps, Pharmaceutical Drugs & Medical
Devices, Software & Digital Media and Sport & Active
Lifestyle Technologies. Winners will be recognized on the evening
of December 1 at the 2015 Most
Innovative New Product Awards presentation and dinner, to be held
at Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine, 3777 La Jolla Village Drive,
San Diego, CA 92122.
For a complete list of winners and additional information,
please visit the Most Innovative New Product Awards Website.
About Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
Tandem Diabetes
Care, Inc. (www.tandemdiabetes.com) is a medical device company
with an innovative, user-centric and integrated approach to the
design, development and commercialization of products for people
with diabetes who use insulin. The Company manufactures and sells
the t:slim® Insulin Pump, the slimmest and smallest durable insulin
pump currently on the market, the t:flex® Insulin Pump, the first
pump designed for people with greater insulin requirements, and the
t:slim G4™ Insulin Pump, the first CGM-enabled pump with
touch-screen simplicity. Tandem is based in San Diego, California.
About CONNECT
CONNECT is a premier innovation company
accelerator in San Diego that
creates and scales great companies in the technology and life
sciences sectors. By creating an environment in which entrepreneurs
and C-suite executives have access to the people, capital, and
technology resources they need for success, CONNECT has assisted in
the formation and development of more than 3,000 companies since
1985. Widely regarded as one of the world's most successful
organizations linking entrepreneurs and C-suite executives with the
resources they need for the commercialization of innovative
products and services; our program has been modeled in more than 50
regions around the world.
Follow Tandem Diabetes Care
Twitter @tandemdiabetes,
use #tslim, #tslimG4, #tflex, #tconnect, and $TNDM.
Facebook at www.facebook.com/TandemDiabetes.
LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/tandemdiabetes.
t:slim, t:flex, Micro-Delivery and Tandem Diabetes Care are
registered trademarks, and t:slim G4 and t:simulator are trademarks
of Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.
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