Solving the Puzzle

Maximize Your Therapy Vital insights lead to better Solving the puzzle therapy management of your personal glucose patterns CareLink Personal online tools allow the discovery Uncovering patterns and problems of patterns and problems that meter software and maximizes the effectiveness of logbooks would not uncover. your therapy • Have greater control by understanding the Understanding the effects of insulin effects of insulin, carbohydrates, and exercise dosage,Uncovering eating habits, patterns exercise and routine, problems maximiz- on your glucose levels andes themedication effectiveness on glucose of your therapy • Effectively maximize your therapy by easily Understandinglevels is the key the to relationship improving between insulin identifying patterns and problems yourdosage, diabetes eating habits,control. exercise Seeing routine, • Work more productively with your healthcare thisand medicationcause-and-effect to glucose levels provider by sharing detailed reports and making is the key to improving your therapy and lifestyle changes diabetesrelationship control. in chart, Seeing graph, this cause-and-effectand table formats relationship allows you to • Get the full picture with continuous glucose betterin chart, identify graph, and patterns table and problems monitoring data by revealing more low or high thatformats will allow help you tofigure better out the root cause of your low glucose patterns than fingerstick data identify patterns and problems that and high blood glucose levels. With CareLink™ Personal will help you figure out the root cause of yoursoftware, low and you high are blood more glucose empowered levels. Withto effectively CareLink® Personal Start solving the puzzle today maximizesoftware, you your are therapy more . Simple and easy 3-step approach: 1 register at empowered to effectively maximize your therapy. http://carelink.minimed.com, 2 upload your information, 3 review the reports and share them Comparison Chart Reveals the Superiority with your healthcare provider. of CareLink Personal Software

CareLink Blood Paper/ Visit Personal Glucose Electronic www.minimed.com/carelinkinfo Benefits Software Meter Logbooks to download a Getting Started Guide today. Software

Easily identifies patterns and problems

Simply organizes treatment data into customized treatment reports

Provides a clear picture of glucose patterns 24 hours a day with REAL-Time information Diabetes Headquarters Reference Medtronic Diabetes 1. Kaufman FR, Gibson LC, Halvorson M, 18000 Devonshire Street Carpenter S, Fisher LK, Pitukcheewanont P. Makes doctor visits more Northridge, CA 91325 effective and productive A pilot study of the continuous glucose monitoring www.minimed.com system : clinincal decisions and glycemic control after 1-800-MINIMED (1-800-646-4633) its use in pediatric type 1 diabetic subjects. Diabetes Care. 2001;24(12):2030-2034.

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Quickly and easily manage all your Broad range of detailed reports CareLink Personal reports are treatment data allows you to work more productively even more valuable with continuous CareLink™ Personal software is a with your healthcare provider glucose monitoring (CGM) Web-based program that is provided CareLink Personal reports are far more comprehensive CGM reveals four times as many low or high glucose FREE to you by simply logging than those from blood glucose meter software or patterns as fingersticks alone.1 With Medtronic onto http://carelink.minimed.com. logbooks. The detailed reports give you and your continuous glucose monitoring systems, you have All of your diabetes-related healthcare provider a chance to have an open the added value of having your information is uploaded onto a discussion about potential problem areas, letting glucose levels monitored secure online data management you get the most out of your doctor appointments. continuously, 24 hours system. Types of information include: Share reports with your doctor by e-mail, fax, mail, or a day. Now you can be printing it out and bringing it to your next office visit. • Insulin delivery (basal and bolus), carbohydrate proactive instead of intake, sensor glucose readings*, and more from reactive. Ask your your MiniMed Paradigm® REAL-Time System Quick View Summary Report doctor about CGM today. • Sensor glucose readings, alerts, event markers, This 2-week report provides Glucose Sensor Daily Overlay Report and more from your Guardian® REAL-Time System a summary of the following: This report, based on readings from a continuous • Blood glucose readings from your meter** • Glucose control glucose monitoring system, reveals glucose tracings • Information from your online logbook • Insulin usage for each day, up to a 7-day period. This makes it easy to With this information, you can generate reports that are • Carbohydrate intake recognize patterns from day to day. organized into charts, graphs, and tables, helping you • Exercise and other events feel more in control of your diabetes. This one-of-a-kind Sensor Daily Overlay resource makes it easier for you and your healthcare Mar 13 - Mar 15, 2006 (3 days) provider to review your daily activities and recommend Quick View Summary Mar 8 - Mar 21, 2006 Post Meal Highs (14 days) 03/13/06 03/14/06 03/15/06 individualized therapy adjustments. Meter: Paradigm 722 #123456 Time Changes: 1 Meter: Paradigm System #654321 Pump: Paradigm 722 #123456 Time Changes: 1 HbA1c: 8.4% (3/9/06) Sensor: In use L Protecting Your Privacy Glucose - High / Low / Average (mg/dL) 300 Overnight Lows In Range Out of Range Meter (BG) Sensor (SG) Target Range Hypo Distribution 200 CareLink Personal software complies with the strictest 2.253 high (65 %) privacy regulations in the world. The use of Secure 300 100

200 GLUCOSE - mg/d 1,203 Sockets Layer (SSL), a data encryption technology, (34 %) 140

100 0 ensures that your information is safe and secure. 70 60 12:00 AM 8:00 AM 12:00 PM 8:00 PM 34 low (1%) 0 TIME OF DAY Not actual patient data

Actual patient data This report exposes patterns that can help identify areas where a change in lifestyle or therapy may improve glucose control. This chart reveals your glucose ranges in a given day and shows how often you are either above or below your target range (i.e., outside the green zone).

* Only with the continuous glucose monitoring component ** Software is compatible with most major blood glucose meters

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