InPen Smart Pen

I love the product and the app is nice but it could use a little help. First the pen should be able to connect with more than one device and the app should be updated on both devices. My sons contour next connects to only one device but the cloud shares the data with multiple devices. This means parents can see the data when their child is away from them. Also blood sugars should be able to be recorded retroactively if using it as a log. The device could be dead so you can’t add the blood sugar reading until later when it is charged. The insulin dose is saved but there is no way to log a past blood sugar reading which throws off the reports. Overall I think the app and product are great but a few tweaks would make them fabulous. Of course it would be great if blue cross blue shield covered the pen too. Need to work on that!

We’ve been using the product and app for about 6 months now. When we switched from a simple injector, I didn’t see the need. But it became clear the value pretty quickly. Seeing the history of when an injection happens is huge when you have two parents and a school nurse that give injections. Watching the estimate of insulin on board is very helpful. Relying on the app to do our calculations which take into account insulin on board is important. Insulin pumps aren’t for everyone. Having the option of a smart injector is huge. Regular syringes have a larger gauge. Our daughter thinks nothing of getting injections with the InPen. And no site changes! Features I’d like are integrations with CGMs, but the biggest would be a follower app. That way parents can see say when the nurse gives insulin to cover highs and exactly when they do.

Great assistance with management of IOB and logging in amounts of insulin taken. Being able to inject a half unit is a huge benefit. My endocrinologist loves the data it provides. I love not having to write down all the info daily. It has definitely helped me to NOT STACK insulin doses which can definitely be problematic since I take multiple daily injections, as needed. It was very easy to begin using it. The Ap is easy to read and use. Lastly, the reminders for taking my twice daily basal insulin keeps me from missing doses (probably multiple times a week!!) it just takes the burden of having to remember that OFF MY BACK.

This is a wonderful tool! The InPen and the App allow me to manage my diabetes with more ease than before. I never forget when and how much insulin I’ve taken and the dose calculator takes the guess work out of my diabetes management. I can’t wait to share my data with my doctor. He’ll be thrilled to get a clean report rather than an oral report from my memory. I did need help signing into the App for the first time, but I called the tech support line and the nice young lady who answered the phone walked me through the process. She was very personable and understood the challenges I have been having with managing my diabetes. Kudos to the company for hiring people who care and can relate to patients. I’m happy with my decision to get the InPen. I was skeptical but now, I realize that was foolish.

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I love my InPen. I’m a former pumper and having the same type of technology in a pen/app so that I don’t stack doses has been great! I don’t love that the app often misses my doses if it’s not right beside the pen. At least once or twice per day I have to manually put in my doses. I also really dislike that I can’t just tap carbs then go straight to input BG by tapping it. I have to put in carbs, tap outside the little blocks, then tap BG to input- that’s SUPER annoying. Overall this is a great tool if you’re on MDI- it would be an amazing (and essential) tool if it worked properly all of the time.