I want one!
Just in time for when we were going to do endocrine stuff, I have a diabetes post.
On April 15th the FDA approved the first insulin pump that takes readings of glucose automatically, then sends them wirelessly to the pump. This would take 100x more readings than what doctors recommend as a minimum (3 finger pricks).
The news article can be found here: http://www.rxpgnews.com/research/endocrinology/diabetes/article_4053.shtml
Part of why this system had not been approved for so long was that it was necessary to prove that accurate/reliable glucose readings could be taken in interstitial fluids. Taking a reading from the blood, as diabetics do now, gets the blood sugars as they happen. It was questioned for a long while that the interstitial fluids changed with the blood glucose.
Dr. Cote' is doing research on detecting interstitial glucose levels without even pentrating the skin using light. This device, being developed by Minimed (http://www.minimed.com/products/insulinpumps/realtime/index.html), requires a cannula (plastic needly-thing), much like the tube that delivers the insulin itself.
The real significance of this is that it's a huge step toward a pump that takes insulin measurements and deliveries insulin accordingly, taking into account the specifics of the patient. To be short, this is a step toward a completely artificial pancreas and better treatment for diabetes.
On April 15th the FDA approved the first insulin pump that takes readings of glucose automatically, then sends them wirelessly to the pump. This would take 100x more readings than what doctors recommend as a minimum (3 finger pricks).
The news article can be found here: http://www.rxpgnews.com/research/endocrinology/diabetes/article_4053.shtml
Part of why this system had not been approved for so long was that it was necessary to prove that accurate/reliable glucose readings could be taken in interstitial fluids. Taking a reading from the blood, as diabetics do now, gets the blood sugars as they happen. It was questioned for a long while that the interstitial fluids changed with the blood glucose.
Dr. Cote' is doing research on detecting interstitial glucose levels without even pentrating the skin using light. This device, being developed by Minimed (http://www.minimed.com/products/insulinpumps/realtime/index.html), requires a cannula (plastic needly-thing), much like the tube that delivers the insulin itself.
The real significance of this is that it's a huge step toward a pump that takes insulin measurements and deliveries insulin accordingly, taking into account the specifics of the patient. To be short, this is a step toward a completely artificial pancreas and better treatment for diabetes.
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