
3 After the reservoir is positioned, you need to fill the infusion set tube with insulin. Press and hold ACT
until insulin droplets form on the tip of the infusion set needle, then release. Follow the instructions
on the screen. You will hear beeps as the pump fills the tubing with insulin. Be sure no bubbles are in
the tubing.
WARNING: If the FILL TUBING screen does not display, do NOT continue. Do NOT insert the
infusion set into your body. Please contact our 24 Hour HelpLine for assistance.
Take care to remove air bubbles when filling the infusion set tubing.
If you use more than 30 units of insulin to fill the infusion set tubing, the MAX FILL REACHED alarm
screen will appear. If you get this alarm, do these steps:
a. Make sure that you are not connected to the pump.
b. Read the message on the screen, then press ESC, ACT to clear.
c. To continue filling the infusion set tubing, select Yes, Continue and press ACT. See the next step
to continue. If you have made a mistake, select No, Rewind and press ACT. The REWIND screen
will appear. Refer to the pump rewinding and insulin loading instructions in this chapter to
continue.
4 A message will appear: DO YOU SEE DROPS AT END OF TUBING?
Do not press ESC because this will trigger a FINISH LOADING alarm in 10 minutes. Make sure to
complete this Fill Tubing step. Select Yes or No.
a. If you do NOT see drops at the tip of the needle, select No and press ACT. Make sure your infusion
set is NOT connected to your body. Follow the instructions on the FILL TUBING screens to continue
filling the infusion set tubing with insulin.
b. If you see drops formed at the tip of the needle, select Yes and press ACT. The FILL CANNULA
screen will appear.
5 You can now insert the infusion set into your body as described in the next section.
Inserting the infusion set
WARNING: While the infusion set is connected to your body, do not unscrew and retighten the tubing
connector on the reservoir.
After you complete all of the following, you will be ready to insert the infusion set into your body:
• fill your reservoir
• rewind your pump
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Chapter 4
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