Medtronic MiniMed Implantable Pump 2007C and Personal Pump Communicator (MMT-3160)
date: label: product introduced
content: 2002
name: label: maker
content: Medtronic
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles, Northridge
topic: label: associated subject
content: Diabetes
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Diabetes
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Medtronic Diabetes
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0073.02
label: accession number
content: 2016.0073
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0073.02
label: serial number
content: 25364
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Insulin implantable pump with communicator
label: Object Name
content: Insulin implantable pump system
label: Object Name
content: Insulin pump
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.2 cm x 9 cm; 4 1/32 in x 3 17/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.3 cm x 9 cm; 2 7/8 in x 3 17/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.3 cm x 9 cm; 2 7/8 in x 3 17/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.2 cm x 9 cm; 4 1/32 in x 3 17/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.2 cm x 9 cm; 4 1/32 in x 3 17/32 in