insulin pump

noun

1. an external battery-powered device that injects insulin into the body at a programmed rate to control diabetes.

Example Sentences

It beeped as Bach and others in his module repeatedly alerted deputies that the insulin pump was empty.

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The alarm on his insulin pump was still beeping when an investigator from the medical examiner’s office arrived at the Men’s Central Jail following his death last September.

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He was treated for elevated glucose, and hospital staff noted his insulin pump was beeping and needed to be refilled.

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“Orders were to continue using the insulin pump, confirm metformin dose and add blood sugar checks,” the autopsy findings show.

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He wears a glucose monitor and insulin pump on his arm.

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