In support of our growing operations, the 50,000-square-foot space doubles our previous manufacturing capacity for both insulin pumps and cartridges and expands warehousing for additional infusion set supplies related to the launch of our new t:lock™ connector.
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Our cartridges are produced using high-volume automation. They are produced in a clean room controlled environment with line capacity for producing 1 million cartridges per year.
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This is a close up look at the automation, specifically the assembly of the tubing and infusion set connector to the cartridge.
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Cartridges are installed into our cartridge test system where each and every one is tested for quality.
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In the pump assembly area, pumps are run through the equivalent of one month of customer use to ensure they are ready to go.
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Pumps sit ready to head to their new homes!