Table of Insulin Pen Devices

Manufacturer	Name of pen	Dosage Min-Max	Cartridge Size	Insulin	Material	Colour	On NHS	Reusable or Refillable	Redial if wrong dose	Carry Case
Novo Nordisk	Novopen 3 Classic	1 – 70 units	3ml (300 units)	Novo Nordisk Penfill 3ml cartridges	Metal	Silver	Yes	Reusable	Yes	Yes – hard case, grey
Novo Nordisk	Novomix 30 Flexpen	1 – 60 units (1.0 increments)	3ml (300 units)	Novorapid Novomix 30 Levemir	Plastic	Blue	Yes	Prefilled	Yes	None
Novo Nordisk	Novopen 3 Fun	1 – 70 units	3ml (300 units)	Novo Nordisk Penfill 3ml cartridges	Metal	Red & Yellow or Blue & Green	Yes	Reusable	Yes	Yes – soft case, dark blue
Novo Nordisk	Preloaded Pens	2 – 78 units	3ml (300 units)	NovoRapid, Actrapid, Insulatard, Mixtard 30, etc	Plastic	White (insulin col or tactile coded)	Yes	Prefilled	Yes	Yes – soft case, dark blue
Novo Nordisk	Innovo	1 – 70 units	3ml (300 units)	Novo Nordisk Penfill 3ml cartridges	Plastic	Blue with Green or Orange trim	No	Prefilled	Yes	Yes – soft case, dark blue
Novo Nordisk	Innolet	1 – 50 units	3ml (300 units)	Human Insulatard, Mixtard 30	Plastic	Cream	Yes	Reusable	Yes	None
Lilly	Humapen Ergo	1 – 60 units	3ml (300 units)	All Lilly 3ml cartridges from Humalog and Humulin ranges	Plastic	Blue and Burgundy or Blue and Teal	No	Reusable	Yes	Yes – hard case, teal or burgundy
Lilly	Prefilled Pen	1 – 60 units	3ml (300 units)	Lilly cartridges for Humulog, Mix25, Mix 50, Humulin I, S, M3	Plastic	White	Yes	Prefilled	Yes	None
Aventis Pharma	OptiPen Pro	1 – 60 units	3ml (300 units)	Insuman	Plastic or Steel	Yellow or Green or Dark Blue or White	No	Reusable	Yes, plus digital visual display	Yes – hard case, pale blue
Aventis Pharma	Aventis Optiset	2 - 40 units	3ml (300 units)	Insuman	Plastic	White	Yes	Prefilled	Yes	None

Revised Dec 2005