Dexcom G4 PLATINUM User Manual page 7

HypoRepeat
mg/dL
Obstruction
Profiles
Range
Re-Alert
Receiver
Rise and Fall
(Rate of Change)
Alerts
RF
Safety Lock
Sensor
Sensor Pod
Snoozing
Startup Period
System Reading
Transmitter
Optional receiver alert setting that keeps repeating the fixed low alarm every 5
seconds until your sensor glucose value rises above 55 mg/dL or you confirm it.
This profile can be helpful if you want extra awareness for severe lows.
Milligrams per deciliter. The standard unit of measure for sensor glucose readings
in the United States.
Something that blocks the wireless path between the transmitter and receiver.
There are many types of things that could come between the transmitter and
receiver, and Dexcom could not test them all. "Without obstruction" means that we
have not tested whether items blocking the transmitter or receiver could affect the
transmission range.
Sound pattern and volume level settings for your alerts.
The distance between the receiver and transmitter. Keep the two devices within 20
feet of each other without obstruction to get glucose information on your receiver.
A re-alert happens after the first alert is not confirmed.
The small device that collects your glucose information from the
sensor/transmitter. Your results show on the receiver screen as a sensor glucose
reading (mg/dL) and as a trend.
Alerts based on how fast and how much your glucose levels rise or fall.
Radio-frequency transmission used to send glucose information from the
transmitter to the receiver.
The safety lock keeps the needle inside the applicator before you are ready to
insert the sensor. It also helps you snap the transmitter out of the sensor pod after
your sensor session ends.
The Dexcom G4 PLATINUM System part that includes an applicator and wire. The
applicator inserts the wire under your skin, and the wire measures glucose levels
in your tissue fluid.
The small plastic base of the sensor attached to your belly that holds the
transmitter in place.
The option to delay your alert for a set amount of time. A snooze time can be set
for high and low glucose re-alerts.
The 2-hour period after you tell the receiver you inserted a new sensor. Sensor
glucose readings are not provided during this time.
A sensor glucose reading shown on your receiver. This reading is in mg/dL units
and is updated every 5 minutes.
The Dexcom G4 PLATINUM System part that snaps into the sensor pod and
7