MiniMed today announced its first commercial launch of the MiniMed Flex system in the United States — its first app-controlled pump and the company's smallest insulin pump yet.
The system launches with Simplera Sync sensor, a disposable, all-in-one sensor with two-step insertion. The launch with the Instinct sensor, made by Abbott, will follow later this summer.
About half the size of other MiniMed pumps, it's the company's most compact pump while still holding 300 units of insulin.
The MiniMed Flex system is powered by MiniMed's SmartGuard algorithm, which includes Meal Detection technology that detects rapid rises in sensor glucose and delivers a correction dose for occasional missed meal boluses or underestimated carb counts.
The MiniMed Flex system is FDA cleared for people with type 1 diabetes ages 7 years and older, as well as adults ages 18 years and older with insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes.
