Comments on: Who Killed the Cozmo?

By: affiliate

affiliate — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:23:47 +0000

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By: davidbaer

davidbaer — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:00:10 +0000

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Many, many times. You know it well. Every marketing guru has spoken about this topic. I’m sick of hearing it. But it STILL bears repeating.

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By: Charles brooks

Charles brooks — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:45:04 +0000

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By: davidbaer

davidbaer — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:25:44 +0000

By: Joop

Joop — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:43:33 +0000

Jacey has it right, under the Obama brownshirts, you can kiss it all goodbye. I’ve lived in the Netherlands, UK, Australia, Singapore and the USA. We recently made a decision to renounce our US citizenship and are moving to our home in Tasmania, Australia keeping our Dutch citizenship and now will add Aussie.

Those of you pardoning the actions of this group of idiots under Obama dont’ appear to have a global view of healthcare. I invite you to live in the UK for two years and see how much you will like America’s future. It’s “Back to the Future” under Obama – 1930’s medicine practiced because the Messiah knows better than all of you.

I have to laugh, the reCaptcha phrases for this post are “coverup sorcery” Yep, that sums up the dirty business in DC under Obama.

By: MelissaBL

MelissaBL — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 18:52:45 +0000

I, too, got a call from Minimed. I just told them, “keep me on your mailing list because I’d love to see what you guys come up with in the future.” I just don’t get a vibe from them that updating the product is that important. As one MM pump rep I recently met said “Why would you need a food database in your pump when you can just carry the calorie king book?” Do I really need to answer that?

I, too, am going to miss having another company out there to push MM to raise the bar. It’s time they added the features like waterproofing, carb databases, and customization we find in the other pumps. I’m not a MM hater. They served me well for my first 8 years of pumping. I had a few customer service issues, etc., but nothing that would necessarily keep me from going back to them. It’s just their product that I feel hasn’t kept up with what else is out there. I liked cassette tapes, too, but when CDs came out, I made the switch.

By: LLF

LLF — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:31:31 +0000

Oh, I love my Cozmo.
I hate to see this happening.
I just spent the weekend without my Cozmonitor (had to order a new one) and hated every minute of it.
I never had one problem with the pump or the service, though the territory rep didnt ever seem to be around much. I love and use every feature.
We do need competition and I hope some comes along.
But I thank the person who posted the story about over-eager MM.
Animas seemed a bit eager with me too, because I told them if they continue to carry Cozmo cartridges, I will buy from them. In fairness to Animas, they did have excellent service when I owned two of their pumps.
I think holding out for my remaining two years, will be safe and maybe prove profitable if something new comes along.

By: Jeff Jodoin

Jeff Jodoin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:19:48 +0000

People, its this simple.

NONE of the pumps on the market have all of the features that the
DELTEC Cozmo had. Period.

Minimed scares me since they ONLY innovate when there is competition in the market. Disetronic forced minimed to innovate just as DELTEC has
forced them to innovate.

MiniMed seems to be in the mindset that customization is a bad thing. I totally 100% disagree. The cozmo let you customize all sorts of things.

It wasn’t perfect. The CozMonitor blocked the IR ports so it became a
pain to download info from the pump to your computer. The trending software on the computer … from FreeStyle actually, was definitely
worst in class.

But being waterproof, having missed meal reminders, having site change (infusion set) reminders, IOB, luer lock connections (not
proprietary crap), etc., etc., etc. made it the king.

The biggest issue of course is the patent lawsuit. Concerning a patent
that is probably illegal. (If someone has the patent number, please
post it here and I’ll work to get it overturned.) Software cannot be patented. Obvious features cannot be patented. Calculations that you
do in your head cannot be patented. Deltec (Smith’s) rolling over for
the lawsuit made a very ill-informed decision. I will work to get the
bolus calculation stuff turned over so that Animas can put the feature
in their pump so I have one to switch to.

Just my two cents.

jeffrey

jcjodoin@yahoo.com

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 08:37:54 +0000

Hi !
Like someone before said Minimed has had *any* good feature added in last few years… I am currently considering pump (I am wearing 508 that was lend to me, by a friend) and with new advances everywhere (Roche and Dana, which are other two companies here) I am buffled what MM is doing. I mean all other pump manufacturers have already their wireless meter, which can control pump, while MM is holding on to their useless remote control (which is useless because you don’t know what you are doing). Dana has with their new pump wonderful remote, which can tell you what pump is doing and you also can measure BG with it… it’s much smaller than ping and more remote like, but hey… Friend is waiting for new MM pump, which should be out soon, but he told me that all new features are centered arround closed -loop… Heck who cares about that, at least we adults don’t. I don’t know any adult diabetic who would use CGMS always, some use it just for few days each month in which they correct their basals and not even that…
Andy

By: Jan

Jan — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:04:30 +0000

Very sorry about Cozmo being removed from the market. The more competition in the industy, the better it will be for the consumer. My niece would not consider the Cozmo due to its shape. Kids!! But it did have some features our Animas and now our MM Paradigm pump did not have. Perhaps Abbott can pick up the Cozmo; I know they want to come out with their own insulin pump. It would be a wonderful opportunity. I disagree with many opinions I have seen on blogs and on websites about Medtronic Minimed being the inferior pump. For those 7 out of 10 new customers choosing Animas, I have three words to say: “Prime, No Delivery.” Most likely you will see those three words over and over again, necessitating your pump being sent back and a refurbished pump sent in its place. Animas had a CalKing database on her pump, never used it. I do miss their beautiful screen and being able to access insulin on board without giving a pretend BS reading and going through a fake bolus. THAT Minimed has GOT to change. Other than that, it is a workhorse that has not failed us ONCE in the one and a half years my niece has been on it. I certainly cannot say that for her Animas. Animas tried to send us a refurbished pump when hers malfunctioned TWO WEEKS after purchasing our brand new pump. I had to fight hard and long, going up the ladder, to get a new one sent. Our school nurse accidentally tightened the battery cap such that we cannot pry it off our Minimed pump. Since this pump has been so reliable, when I told the Minimed tech that I was very leary of refurbished pumps and insisted on waiting for them to fix our pump and send it back to us, he told us he could not do that. I hung up, miffed. He called me BACK and offered and sent UPS overnight today a BRAND NEW Minimed pump. Minimed has every feature you will ever need on a pump, with the exception of the IOB — it’s a pain, but we can deal with that. It has integrated cgms so the kid does not have to carry along two — make that three because she does not use the One Touch meter — devices. It is the EXACT SAME SIZE, give or take a HAIR of our old Animas pump. True, I am WAITING for the smaller sized introducer needle for the cgms and it has not arrived. Customer service for us has been great. You do have to wait a bit longer on the phone to get a Rep than Animas. But most important to me is Minimed’s product. It has not broken down. It is reliable. Behind it stands a company putting back millions into research each year to improve their product. None of the other pumps have integrated cgms and it seems like it will now be two more years before they do. Waterproof? We always had to disconnect Animas in the water because if there is a crack in the casing, that pump will die. And since her blood sugars plummet during swimming, I would always disconnect for her own safety. I love, love, love the design and the wirelessness of the Omnipod but I hear Minimed will come out with a product somewhat like it in the future. They are tops in my books because their product has been so reliable, whereas the first pump we had was not. The pump is her lifeline. Reliability trumps cosmetic appearance (with the exception of the OmniPod, they are all too-large boxes); it trumps Customer Service (I am going to buy the pump which I feel is the best product); it trumps everything in my book.