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Diabetes technology · Smart insulin pens

InPen

The only full smart pen on the Australian market. A reusable Bluetooth pen whose app holds a dose calculator, tracks active insulin and shows Guardian 4 glucose on the same screen.

In Australia now
Full smart pen
Bluetooth
InPen

About this pen

What it is, how it works and who it tends to suit.

A reusable Bluetooth insulin pen, sold in Australia as part of the Smart MDI system. Every dose is logged to the InPen app, which calculates doses, tracks the insulin still working and shows Guardian 4 sensor glucose on the same screen.

How it works

The InPen is a reusable insulin pen with a small amount of electronics inside. You load a 3 mL cartridge, dial the dose and inject exactly as you would with any pen. The difference is that the pen records the units and the time and sends them to the InPen app over Bluetooth, so the log builds itself.

What the app does

The app is where the value sits. It holds a dose calculator that works from your insulin to carbohydrate ratio, your insulin sensitivity factor, your target glucose and your duration of insulin action, with up to four time periods across the day. It tracks active insulin, so a correction dose is not stacked on top of one you had forgotten. It sends dose reminders, logs every dose automatically and produces reports you can share.

The calculator accepts a glucose reading between 1.1 and 33.3 mmol/L and a carbohydrate entry between 0 and 300 grams, and it rounds its recommendation down to the nearest half unit. At a glucose of 3.1 mmol/L or below it recommends fast acting carbohydrate rather than insulin.

Glucose in the same place

In Australia the InPen app shows Guardian 4 sensor glucose alongside your doses. It does not read a Dexcom or a FreeStyle Libre sensor here, which is the single most important thing to settle before you buy. Finger prick readings can pre-populate through Apple Health if they are less than ten minutes old.

What it does not do

The InPen does not adjust your insulin and it does not deliver anything on its own. It is a pen that reports and a calculator that advises, using settings a clinician sets up with you. Your long acting insulin stays in its own pen, and those doses are not logged automatically.

Practical limits

A single dose is capped at 30 units, so a larger dose is split, with the larger part given first. The pen works between 5 and 37 degrees with insulin loaded and should not be kept in the fridge. In Australia it is sold in blue only.

Specifications
Made by
MiniMed, formerly Medtronic Diabetes
Type
Full smart pen
Connection
Bluetooth
Companion app
InPen app, free to download
Sensor glucose
Guardian 4, shown in the InPen app
Insulin
NovoRapid, Fiasp or Insulin Aspart in 3 mL, 300 unit cartridges. Cartridges are not included.
Dose range
0.5 to 30 units in half unit steps
Dose memory
Sent to the app over Bluetooth rather than read back on the pen
Battery and pen life
One year from activation. The battery is sealed, so the pen is replaced each year.
TGA
454267 for the pen and 485045 for the InPen App, sponsor Medtronic Australasia

Checked 13 November 2026

Is this the right pen for you?

Book with a credentialled diabetes educator. We look at your current doses, your ratios and your sensor, and tell you whether this pen would change anything.

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Getting one in Australia

Smart pens are bought privately here, so this is where the practical detail sits.

  • Bought privately through MiniMed Australia, as part of the Smart MDI system. Ask MiniMed for the current price, because it changes and we do not set it.
  • You need a prescription for the insulin cartridges, which are not included with the pen.
  • Training comes from a health professional or a MiniMed representative. We set the app up with you in a consult, then check the settings again after a few weeks on real data.
  • Budget for a replacement pen each year, because the battery is sealed and the pen stops twelve months after activation.
  • Check your phone first. The app needs a supported handset, and sensor glucose only appears if you wear a Guardian 4.
Funding and approval
Subsidy
Not subsidised. The pen is bought privately, the insulin stays on the PBS.
TGA
454267 for the pen and 485045 for the InPen App, sponsor Medtronic Australasia
Insulin
NovoRapid, Fiasp or Insulin Aspart in 3 mL, 300 unit cartridges. Cartridges are not included.

What works well, what to weigh up

Written neutrally. We are not paid by the manufacturer to say any of this.

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  • The only pen in Australia with a true dose calculator and active insulin on the same screen as your glucose.
  • Half unit dosing, which matters for children and for anyone on small doses.
  • Every dose is logged without you doing anything, so a review rests on what happened rather than on memory.
  • Nothing is worn. No infusion set, no cannula, nothing to disconnect.
  • Reports can be shared with your diabetes team before an appointment.
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  • The pen lasts one year and the battery cannot be replaced, so this is a recurring cost rather than a one off purchase.
  • Not subsidised by the NDSS or the PBS.
  • Sensor glucose in the app is Guardian 4 only in Australia, so Dexcom and FreeStyle Libre users do not get glucose in the InPen app.
  • Rapid acting insulin only. Long acting doses are not captured.
  • Thirty units is the limit for one injection, so a larger dose has to be split.
  • The manufacturer does not recommend it for people who are blind or have low vision without a trained sighted assistant.

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Notes and availability

Checked against the Australian MiniMed product pages, the Australian InPen instructions for use and the Therapeutic Goods Administration register on 13 November 2026.

The Australian product pages list the pen with NovoRapid, Fiasp and Insulin Aspart. The instructions for use also describe a separate model for Humalog and Lyumjev, which we could not find offered in Australia, so confirm the model with MiniMed before you order.

We do not publish a price for this pen. We do not sell it and the manufacturer sets it.

Not sure a smart pen is the answer?

Book with one of our credentialled diabetes educators. We go through your current doses, your ratios and your glucose data, and tell you plainly whether a smart pen would change anything for you or whether something else would do more.

Or go straight to a service

Phone (08) 6110 0570 · Smart pens are not NDSS or PBS subsidised · Medicare, NDIS, DVA and private options across our services

For GPs, endocrinologists and nurse practitioners

Referring someone who is struggling on injections?

Use our online referral form and tick Diabetes Education. Our credentialled diabetes educators review doses, ratios and sensor data, set a smart pen up where it suits, and send a summary back to you.