Cozmo Insulin Pump no longer being sold

I was sitting in the dentist's office this afternoon and looking at some tweets, when this one from Manny caught my eye.

It pointed to his page about the news that Smiths-Medical is getting out of the diabetes market and taking the Cozmo insulin pump off the market.

My jaw almost dropped. I've been a happy Cozmo insulin pump user for about 18 months and I had planned to continue using them. Smiths-Medical distributed and supported the Cozmo pump. They announced today their "intent to stop selling the Deltec Cozmo® insulin pump, and manage an orderly, carefully controlled exit from the diabetes business over time."

Smiths-Medical has created a special web page with all the details about this announcement. It also contains answers to a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs). Basically those of us with pumps will be supported until the end of our warranty and Smiths-Medical will continue to provide supplies and support for the Cozmo pump.

As Kerri pointed out in her post on the announcement, this wasn't a big market for Smiths-Medical and it required a large support organization. So perhaps it was inevitable.

I've enjoyed and benefited from the features and flexibility of the Cozmo pump and I'm sorry to see it disappear from the market. We're now left with three main players in the insulin pump market: Minimed Medtronic; Animas; and Insulet Omnipod. I'd really like to see much more competition.

Perhaps some new ideas will happen as a results of Amy's 2009 DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge. I'd sure like to see another choice when it comes to insulin pumps.

Labels: Cozmo, diabetes, diabetesmine, insulin pump, news

posted by Bernard @ 7:24 PM