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    <periodOfReport>2013-11-13</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>TANDEM DIABETES CARE INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TNDM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

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            <rptOwnerName>BLICKENSTAFF KIM D</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O TANDEM DIABETES CARE, INC.,</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>11045 ROSELLE STREET</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SAN DIEGO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>92121</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
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            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>PRESIDENT AND CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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            <ownershipNature>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The securities are held by the Kim Blickenstaff Revocable Trust dated April 15, 2010.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Restricted stock issued pursuant to the Issuer's Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan.  These shares vested as to 25% on 10/20/2012 and continue to vest in 36 equal monthly installments thereafter, and will automatically vest in full upon consummation of the Issuer's initial public offering.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The securities are immediately convertible.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The expiration date is not relevant to the conversion of these securities.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">The warrants are immediately exercisable.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Upon the consummation of the Issuer's initial public offering, these warrants will automatically become exercisable for 27,124 shares of the Issuer's common stock at an exercise price of $7.37 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Upon the consummation of the Issuer's initial public offering, these warrants will automatically become exercisable for 108,509 shares of the Issuer's common stock at an exercise price of $7.37 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">Granted pursuant to the Issuer's Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">The date of the option was 4/23/2013. All shares subject to the option will vest in 24 equal monthly installments commencing on 4/23/2013.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">The expiration date for these options is 10 years from the date of grant.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ David B. Berger, Attorney-in-Fact for Kim D. Blickenstaff</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2013-11-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
