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3. What happens to the basal insulin while the square wave is in effect?

3.1 The MiniMed 507

...automatically continues to deliver the basal insulin while administering a square wave bolus. You only need to include the insulin to cover the food in the square wave amount.

3.2 The MiniMed 506

...does not automatically add the basal insulin, you must add the basal insulin to the amount for the square wave. This is because the basal feature will be occupied with duplicating the square wave and can't continue to deliver the programmed basal rate.


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