Are there any for the Ping that can be inserted by hand and are straight?
My son uses the all-in-one Insets. But you can use others, I think. We used to use the Minimed Quick-sets when we used Cozmo, but he liked the all-in-one feature on Insets. He never liked to insert them by hand and he was always misplacing his Quick-serter so this worked out better. But double check on this as I’m not positive - you might be able to get a sample from you Endo.
i don’t like the inserted by hand ones but i also don’t like the spring loaded ones so i use the cleo90s. i control the speed of insertion but i don’t have to look at it. they fit just fine for my animas2020 so i don’t think there’s any reason they wouldn’t fit the ping. the ping is a luer lock, it uses the same reservoirs as the 2020. so you should be able to use any luer lock insertion set you want.
Luer lock . . . that’s the term I was searching for! The Quick sets had a luer lock. I noticed now that Minimed is standardized on the Paradigm Quick Sets. I assume they’re the same, but never assume! The best way is to get samples if you can!
By straight do you mean 90degree angle as opposed to the slanted 30degree angled sets. For 30degree you can use the Comforts, they come in 2 canula lengths & are inserted manually. I suggest you go to the Animas web site & look under Infusion Sets. Any Luer lock set will work, Minimed use their own propriety sets which wont fit on an Animas cartridge.
Straights refer to 90 degrees. I recall the Paradigms were different than the other Minimed’s - too bad. Many of us were using the Quick Sets for their older series of Minimed pump which had a standard Luer Lock - worked fine with Cozmo. I think we switched over to Insets when we made the switch to Animas simply for convenience - no need to order cartridges and sets from different suppliers. However, I also never was really crazy about how Quick Sets attached to the site - twisted on instead of clicking in like the inset --although my son didn’t seem to care.
I have heard good things about the Comforts, but are they only Angled sets? We used MiniMed Silhouettes for the first few years on the Cozmo. My son hated them - the insertion needle was huge and freaked him out.
i use the inset infusion sets and i like them a lot…they are straight and are offered in 9mm or 6mm
https://estore.animascorp.com/ProductDetail.aspx?groupid=116&topcategoryid=2&subcategoryid=17
If you want an angled set with an automatic inserter try the Inset30s, totally automatic like the Insets.
Another good site is Unomedical who make the Infusion sets for all the manufacturers
they also have great animated diagrams to show to insert the sets.
Diabetes Mall has a good table comparing Infusion sets it is not totally inclusive but does show straight, angled teflon or metal.
http://www.diabetesnet.com/diabetes_technology/infusion_sets.php
Animas does sell the Contact Detach in Canada, and they probably do in the US as well. Looks like it’s a manual inserted 90’ set.
Yes Anne - you are right on those - and they do sell them in the US (just checked the Animas website there).
Renee - I use the Contact Detach (aka Sure T’s for MM users) - 90 degree - stainless steel. I prefer these over the automated infusion sets that Animas sells - plus I have a slight irritation with teflon cannula’s. Only thing I did discover with the Contact Detach - do not go past 3 days - otherwise I find things get abit clogged up due to the 28 gauge needle - resulting in higher BG’s - not good for us D’s who have tight control. Other that that - I am a lover of them! There are other straight aka 90 degree infusion manual sets out there on the market that I’ve tried lately (the joys of the work I do - I get samples).
The Contact Detach also lies very flat on your skin - compared to the Inset’s - which I found to stick out too much (hey - I’m a Fashionista - Iive in Montreal ). I also find the Contact Detach pretty well painless, and I can see exactly where I’m going to place it (I use it in my thighs, stomache, backside, you name it - I place it - getting the nerve up one day to have hubby put it in my arm).
Anna from snowy Montreal - ugh - so much for taking out the motorcycle today - The Roller Coast Ride of Diabetes - Whoo! Whoo!
Anna - Thank you. Does the Contact Detach have two pieces attached to the body or just one? I saw those on the website but it llooked like it was two separate pieces. Why the two pieces? My Ryan is quite the fashionista herself. Besides the skin irritation, she think the OmniPods are too big and bulky. Would Animas send me samples of those do you think?
the contact detach is what my son uses. he is 3. we love it. it does have 2 pieces that attach to the body. the actual insertion piece and then the piece that i call the ‘oops’. it is great for because if the tubing gets yanked hard enough it will unattach from the skin at the oops…not the insertion site.
animas DOES send samples!
my son, 3, uses the contact detach infusion sets…and we LOVE the back of the arm! mainly, because we can angle the set and the ‘oops’ sticky to run down his back, hence less tubing to ‘dangle’.
good luck!
I use the Orbit 90 when I want to do self-insertion. I really like it because it goes in painlessly, exactly where I want it to be and the top of the infusion set swivels. It’s also really easy to insert-- the sticky part is nicely exposed and doesn’t wrap around itself. Also, it’s cheaper than the Insets, which I also really like and use when exact point insertion isn’t necessary.
- Patti