We received a whopping 210 responses to our reader survey* about the possibility of wearing an implantable insulin pump last week: Would You, If You Could? We thought you might like to know the results, below.
ALSO: we received some additional feedback from Medtronic’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Fran Kaufman about the development of this device, sent to us by PR Manager Karrie Hawbaker. We decided this would be more visible if published in a…
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{Editor’s Note: People – we have thousands of dollars in innovation prize money just waiting for great D-ideas. $1,500 of that is earmarked for creative kids. We do hope this example will serve as inspiration!}
A few months ago, a team of nine boys ages 10-13 calling themselves Team Pi POD unveiled an invention called the Dii – Diabetic Information Implant (pronounced like Wii) — an implantable continuous glucose monitor that’s powered by a “blood battery”…
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Two years ago, Roche was the first to take the plunge, inviting a bunch of diabetes bloggers to visit their headquarters for a day of frank conversations and an “inside look” at how they make the products that keep us ticking. And they hosted us again last year at the CWD Conference.
On Friday, about 25 of us online advocates from the diabetes community were invited to Los Angeles for a day of similar interaction…
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In January, I met with Dr. Ed Damiano, one of the co-investigators at Boston University studying the artificial pancreas trials in humans. At the end of our conversation, he invited me to come up to Boston to check out one of the experiments. The artificial pancreas project has always been something I’ve been a little skeptical of, especially since I haven’t had the best experience with the continuous glucose monitor. However, the more I hear…
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By
AmyT on
March 16, 2011
“Mom, you have a new beep!”
— my 13-year-old, apparently discovering my new CGM
I am back on the Dexcom (!), and feeling the truth behind the saying, ‘third time’s a charm.’ I all but swore off continuous glucose monitoring systems more than a year ago after stints trying all three on the market (Dexcom, Medtronic Guardian, Abbott Navigator), in which the discomfort and inconvenience seemed to clearly outweigh the benefits.
But as you…
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