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  2. Insulin degludec - Wikipedia

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    Insulin degludec (INN/USAN) is an ultralong-acting basal insulin analogue that was developed by Novo Nordisk under the brand name Tresiba. [7] It is administered via subcutaneous injection to help control the blood sugar level of those with diabetes .

  3. Injector pen - Wikipedia

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    Injector pens remove some of the complications of syringes by allowing the pen to be "pushed" against the skin at a 90-degree angle (removing the need to inject at a proper angle as is the case with syringes), as well as by replacing a long, thin plunger of a syringe with a simple button which is depressed and held to inject the dose.

  4. Fountain pen ink - Wikipedia

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    The ideal fountain pen ink is free-flowing, free of sediment, and non-corrosive. These qualities may be compromised in the interests of permanence, manufacturability and in order to use some widely available dyes. [4] A form of ink that predates fountain pens by centuries is iron gall ink. This blue-black ink is made from iron salts and tannic ...

  5. Retractable pen - Wikipedia

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    A click pen comprises the frame, a thruster, two cams, a guide pin, a spring, an ink cartridge of your choice a ballpoint at the end of the cartridge, and other parts.The guide pin is typically molded into the frame and the spring provides the tension required to retract the ink cartridge.

  6. Insulin (medication) - Wikipedia

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    The increased insulin level causes glucose absorption and storage in cells, reduces glycogen to glucose conversion, reducing blood glucose levels, and so reducing insulin release. The result is that the blood glucose level rises somewhat after eating, and within an hour or so, returns to the normal 'fasting' level.

  7. Fountain pen - Wikipedia

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    A fountain pen is a writing instrument that uses a metal nib to apply water-based ink, or special pigment ink—suitable for fountain pens—to paper.It is distinguished from earlier dip pens by using an internal reservoir to hold ink, eliminating the need to repeatedly dip the pen in an inkwell during use.

  8. Writing implement - Wikipedia

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    Some cartridge-based fountain pens can be fitted with "converters", which are separate piston/suction reservoirs of the same dimensions as the pen's usual refill cartridge; these allow the pen to refill from bottled ink. Only certain types of ink can be used in a fountain pen, to avoid clogging up the nib unit mechanism.

  9. List of terms about pen and ink - Wikipedia

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    Ballpoint pen – an ink pen which uses a roller ball tip; Ballpoint pen artwork; Bic Cristal – a brand of inexpensive, disposable ink pen; Birmingham pen trade – commerce of ink pens in Birmingham, England; Birmingham Pen Trade Heritage Association; Biro – a type of ink pen, also known as a ballpoint pen