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Setting Up the Micropump System
3.2.2 Programming the Basal Rate Profile
The aim of insulin pump therapy is to reproduce the natural
biorhythm of insulin delivery of a healthy pancreas as far as
possible.
The basal rate covers the basal, meal-independent insulin
requirement. The basal rate is specified in insulin units per hour
(U/h = Units per hour). The distribution of the basal insulin
requirement over up to 24 time blocks results in the basal rate
profile.
Insulin delivery
U/h
Hourly
basal rate
Time
Example: Basal rate profile for 18 U/24 hours
Tap OK to set up a basal rate
profile.
The
button is deactivated.
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Note
The factory settings provide
24 time blocks with one hour
each.
The first time block starts
with the start time 00:00 and
ends at 01:00. The last time
block starts at 23:00 and
ends at 00:00.
For each time block, 0U/h is
set by factory default.