Fremgangsmåde og apparat til indstilling af en grundrateprofil for en insulinpumpe

The invention relates to a method for setting a basal rate profile (11) for an insulin pump, the basal rate profile (11) defining basal rate delivery for a selected time interval and having a pre-defined number of profile segments (12, 13, 14) each defining the basal rate delivery for a subset of the selected time interval, wherein method comprising the steps of providing a curve (10) representing the basal rate as a continuous function of time as an input for an input unit and of generating the basal rate profile (11) from the curve (11) by a calculation unit by assigning curve values at selected time instances to the number of profile segments (12, 13, 14). The invention relates further to an apparatus for setting a basal rate profile with an input unit for inputting a curve (10) representing the basal rate as a continuous function of time, and a calculation unit for generating the basal rate profile from the curve (11) by assigning curve values at selected time instances to the number of profile segments (12, 13, 14).