Generally, insulin pumps consist of a reservoir, a subcutaneous needle, flexible catheter tubing, and a microcontroller with a battery. Most pumps today are a little smaller than a pager. The controller, battery, and reservoir are housed together typically. Patients insert the needle into their abdominal wall. The catheter is smaller than but similar to most IV tubing , and connects the needle to the pump. Patients will often wear the pump on a belt clip or place it in a pocket. A basic interface lets the patient adjust the rate of insulin or select a pre-set. Reservoirs typically hold 200-300 units of insulin.

This pump works similar to an insulin pump targets the excess in calcium in the body. Calcitonin, a hormone that reduces blood calcium, and bisphosphonate, which reduces calcium reabsorption from bone, can be integrated into a pump that a user can attach to their body. The device will actively monitor blood calcium levels and pump the appropriate ratio of calcitonin (rapid but short lived) and bisphosphonate (slow but prolonged) to keep serum calcium levels within range. This device will increase quality of life for patients who cannot undergo primary parathyroid gland surgery.

From an economical and functional stance reasonable to have a bigger bisphosphonate chamber than calcitonin as calcitonin is considerably more expensive than bisphosphonate and will only be used in emergency.