Diabetes Technology Inches Closer To An Artificial Pancreas
10 years, 1 month ago

Diabetes Technology Inches Closer To An Artificial Pancreas

NPR  

Diabetes Technology Inches Closer To An Artificial Pancreas Enlarge this image toggle caption MedicalRF.com/Corbis MedicalRF.com/Corbis Every person who uses insulin to manage diabetes wants what they don't have — a replacement for their malfunctioning pancreas. Sponsor Message Because that technology is rolling out bit by bit rather than all at once, it makes more sense to call it an artificial pancreas "system," according to Aaron Kowalski, chief mission officer and vice president for research at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, a top funder of research into the systems. That device, Medtronic's Minimed 640G with Smartguard, was hyped in news accounts as an "artificial pancreas," but it's not a fully automated system that will keep the boy's blood sugar normal all the time without any input from his parents. In the meantime, some tech-savvy members of the Type 1 diabetes community aren't waiting for trials or FDA approvals, having figured out how to "hack" their devices to create their own artificial pancreas systems.

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Thousands of people with type 1 diabetes set to receive artificial pancreas in £14.1m NHS rollout - spelling the end of finger-prick blood tests and insulin jabs
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Thousands of people with type 1 diabetes set to receive artificial pancreas in £14.1m NHS rollout - spelling the end of finger-prick blood tests and insulin jabs

Daily Mail  

The NHS is offering thousands more 'artificial pancreases' to type 1 diabetes patients - spelling the end of finger-prick blood tests and insulin jabs for many. Up to 270,000 patients will be able to get the 'completely lifechanging' devices to control their blood sugars as part of the £14million rollout The expansion follows a deal between the NHS and makers …

Artificial pancreas offers hope to type 1 diabetes sufferers
1 year ago

Artificial pancreas offers hope to type 1 diabetes sufferers

Dutch News  

An artificial pancreas developed in the Netherlands can help type 1 diabetes patients to control blood sugar levels more easily, improving their quality of life, a study published in medical journal The Lancet has found. The device, a small portable pump which administers insulin and glucagon to steady blood sugar levels, was invented some 15 years ago by Dutch engineer …

Artificial pancreas offers hope to type 1 diabetes sufferers
1 year ago

Artificial pancreas offers hope to type 1 diabetes sufferers

Dutch News  

An artificial pancreas developed in the Netherlands can help type 1 diabetes patients to control blood sugar levels more easily, improving their quality of life, a study published in medical journal The Lancet has found. The device, a small portable pump which administers insulin and glucagon to steady blood sugar levels, was invented some 15 years ago by Dutch engineer …

Scientists Make Progress Toward Better Diabetes Treatment, Cure
9 years, 1 month ago

Scientists Make Progress Toward Better Diabetes Treatment, Cure

China Daily  

Get Flash Player Excess sugar, or glucose, in your blood is not good. "So we get a sense of how past insulin affects future glucose, how the past trajectory of glucose is going to play out for the next hour or two.” Scientists say automatic insulin pumps should be on the market within five years. In the type of diabetes …

It’s all about insulin and food management
11 years, 3 months ago

It’s all about insulin and food management

The Hindu  

Whether it is Type I or Type II diabetes, it is all about insulin and food management – the link between improper metabolism and poor outcomes – said Ford Gilbert, an American specialist on the disease. Dr. Gilbert, of Trina Health in USA’s North Carolina, has a US FDA-approved patent on what is called an ‘Artificial Pancreas System’. “I get …

Australian doctors develop new diabetes cure
11 years, 5 months ago

Australian doctors develop new diabetes cure

India TV News  

Sydney : Australian doctors have developed a new pump for type-one diabetes patients to avoid life-threatening seizures and comas. Tim Jones, head of the Department of Endocrinology at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth, Australia, and his team had developed an artificial "pancreas-like" pump that delivers and suspends insulin in diabetes patients, Xinhua reported Friday.The new device can identify …

Robotic Pancreas: One Man's Quest to Put Millions of Diabetics on Autopilot
14 years, 11 months ago

Robotic Pancreas: One Man's Quest to Put Millions of Diabetics on Autopilot

Wired  

Jeffrey Brewer was on top of the world. Short-term, the main risk is hypoglycemia — low blood-sugar level caused by too much insulin — which makes patients exhausted and confused, leading to unconsciousness and death if not treated immediately with something sweet. Nurses taught the Brewers how to inject the insulin and how to prick Sean's finger for the drop …

Artificial pancreas to monitor, control blood sugar levels
14 years, 11 months ago

Artificial pancreas to monitor, control blood sugar levels

Live Mint  

Bangalore: Almost nine decades after insulin was discovered, the hormone remains the mainstay of type 1 diabetes treatment, even as the treatment resembles a tightrope walk—keeping blood sugar levels from dropping too low or surging too high. Now scientists have developed an artificial pancreas that uses a computer programme to balance sugar levels in the body and could help patients …

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