Medtronic Announces U.S. Launch of the MiniMed® 630G System with New User-Friendly Insulin Pump Design and SmartGuard(TM) Te...
August 11 2016 - 7:00AM
DUBLIN - August 11, 2016 -
Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology,
today announced the U.S. commercial launch of its MiniMed 630G
system with SmartGuard technology FDA approved for the treatment of
people with diabetes mellitus sixteen years of age and older. The
MiniMed 630G features a new insulin pump hardware platform and new
user-friendly design that combines personalized diabetes management
with industry-leading clinical performance. The MiniMed 630G system
is the newest member of the MiniMed family-the most prescribed
integrated insulin delivery system brand in the world.
After interviewing more than 1,000 people with
diabetes and testing user-experience, the enhanced features of the
MiniMed 630G system were finalized to take into account what
matters most to those with diabetes. This collaborative process
with the patient community resulted in a new, user-friendly pump
design that is waterproof,1 has
remote bolus functionality, and features a high-definition,
full-color screen that supports easy navigation and enables
increased customization with more intuitive menus.
The MiniMed 630G system exclusively uses the
CONTOUR®NEXT LINK 2.4
blood glucose meter from Ascensia Diabetes Care to provide blood
glucose test results that have been shown to be highly
accurate2. The meter
automatically transmits blood glucose results to calculate boluses
using the Bolus Wizard® calculator
and to calibrate the CGM sensor, which helps prevent manual entry
errors. It also allows patients to discreetly give themselves a
bolus of insulin remotely from the meter, providing added
convenience to help patients manage their diabetes effectively.
"This latest innovation demonstrates Medtronic's
vision to transform diabetes care to enable greater freedom and
better health through a commitment to continually improving both
outcomes and user experience," said Alejandro Galindo, president of
the Intensive Insulin Management business at Medtronic.
The MiniMed 630G system combines its proprietary
SmartGuard technology featured in the MiniMed 530G system with a
brand new user-friendly design. The new pump platform fully
integrates continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and SmartGuard
technology, which is designed to trigger an alarm when the CGM
sensor glucose level reaches a preset low threshold and suspends
insulin delivery if the user is unresponsive to the alarm.
SmartGuard technology is the only feature available in the U.S.
that takes action against lows,3 and is the
only system proven to reduce the frequency of nighttime low
episodes3 by a third.
4,5
Data from the ASPIRE In-Home Study published in
the New England Journal of
Medicine,4 demonstrated
that SmartGuard technology not only reduces the number of low
events3 per week by
30 percent but also shortens the length/intensity of those events
at night by 37.5 percent without increasing A1C (a measure of
average blood sugar levels over three months).5 These
results were validated with real-world data from the company's
CareLink® Personal
software that included an analysis of 3,770,311 days of patient
data, which demonstrated SmartGuard technology users experience
about half as many nighttime lows3 than those
using a pump and sensor alone.6 MiniMed
integrated insulin pump therapy with CGM has also been proven to
provide better glucose control than multiple daily injections
without increasing hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).7
"Low blood sugar at night is of particular
concern, when up to 75 percent of severe hypoglycemia occurs and
patients are unlikely to be aware of symptoms while they are
asleep," said Satish Garg, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of Diabetes
Technology and therapeutics and professor of pediatrics and
medicine and director of the adult diabetes program at the
University of Colorado Denver, Barbara Davis Center for Childhood
Diabetes. "The ability to automate the suspension of insulin at
night is an important feature as prolonged hypoglycemia could be
life-threatening."
MiniMed® 630G System
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About the Diabetes Group at
Medtronic (www.medtronicdiabetes.com)
Medtronic is working together with the global community to change
the way people manage diabetes. The company aims to transform
diabetes care by expanding access, integrating care and improving
outcomes, so people living with diabetes can enjoy greater freedom
and better health.
About Medtronic
Medtronic plc (www.medtronic.com), headquartered in Dublin,
Ireland, is among the world's largest medical technology, services
and solutions companies - alleviating pain, restoring health and
extending life for millions of people around the world. Medtronic
employs more than 85,000 people worldwide, serving physicians,
hospitals and patients in approximately 160 countries. The company
is focused on collaborating with stakeholders around the world to
take healthcare Further, Together.
Any forward-looking statements
are subject to risks and uncertainties such as those described in
Medtronic's periodic reports on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from
anticipated results.
1 MiniMed
630G is waterproof in up to 12 feet of water for up to 24 hours at
the time of manufacture; Guardian Link Transmitter is waterproof in
up to 8 feet of water for up to 30 minutes. See IFU for care
instructions to help maintain waterproof.
2 Bailey
TJ et al. Accuracy, Precision, and User Performance Evaluation of
the CONTOUR®NEXT LINK 2.4 Blood Glucose Monitoring System. Data
presented at the 7th International Conference on Advanced
Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes 2014
3 < 65
mg/dL, measured in sensor glucose values.
4 Bergenstal
RM, Klonoff DC, Garg SK, et al. Threshold-based insulin-pump
interruption for reduction of hypoglycemia. N Engl
J Med. 2013;369(3):224-232.
5 Based
upon limited sample size and duration of ASPIRE In-Home
study.
6 Data
from only the voluntary CareLink® Personal uploads from the MiniMed
530G system in the U.S. available from October 15, 2013 to November
29, 2015 evaluated. Based on 3,770,311 days of data with 41,287
users (79.7% with SmartGuard on) reporting 2,239,637 SmartGuard
events.
7 Bergenstal
RM, Tamborlane WV, Ahmann A, et al. Effectiveness of
sensor-augmented insulin-pump therapy in type 1 diabetes. N Engl J
Med 2010;363:311-320.
Ascensia and CONTOUR® are registered trademarks of
Ascensia Diabetes Care.
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