Category: insulin

FDA approves first automated insulin system for kids

Post author By Randall
Post date September 1, 2020
Categories In diabetes, fda, gear, insulin, kids, News, Tech

[ad_1] The device’s sensor that’s attached to the patient’s body can measure glucose levels under the skin every five minutes. It also comes with a pump and an infusion patch connected to the pump with a catheter to deliver insulin. That means the device will automatically adjust or withhold insulin to regulate the patient’s sugar […]

FDA clears an interoperable, automated insulin pump

Post author By Randall
Post date December 15, 2019
Categories In dexcom, dexcom g6, diabetes, fda, gear, health, insulin, insulin pump, medicine, tandem, tandem diabetes care, Tech

[ad_1] The software needed to make this work will be ready in January 2020, although you can’t expect to walk into a store and buy this. US law will still require that you buy the pump from (or on the order of) a physician. This isn’t the first time the FDA has cleared multiple devices […]