Object Details
- Medtronic
- Description
- A fully Implantable insulin pump was developed by MiniMed in the 1980s-1990s but didn’t see much use in the United States. The pump consists of a three-inch diameter titanium disc with a fill port in the center and a catheter tube which delivers the insulin directly into the peritoneal cavity where it is rapidly absorbed by the body. The pump is programmed through a wireless hand-held communicator. Refill is required every 3 months. Medtronic discontinued the technology in the 2000s, but there are up to 400-500 individuals still using it as of 2022.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Medtronic Diabetes
- product introduced
- 2002
- ID Number
- 2016.0073.02
- accession number
- 2016.0073
- catalog number
- 2016.0073.02
- serial number
- 25364
- Object Name
- Insulin implantable pump with communicator
- Insulin implantable pump system
- Insulin pump
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.2 cm x 9 cm; 4 1/32 in x 3 17/32 in
- overall: 7.3 cm x 9 cm; 2 7/8 in x 3 17/32 in
- overall: 7.3 cm x 9 cm; 2 7/8 in x 3 17/32 in
- overall: 10.2 cm x 9 cm; 4 1/32 in x 3 17/32 in
- overall: 10.2 cm x 9 cm; 4 1/32 in x 3 17/32 in
- place made
- United States: California, Los Angeles, Northridge
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Diabetes
- National Museum of American History
- associated subject
- Diabetes
- Record ID
- nmah_1817353
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-aa36-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
