medical device innovation

All’s Quiet on the Tandem Front

By AmyT on January 31, 2011

Speaking of iPhone-ish diabetes devices (aren’t we always?), a number of readers asked us lately for an update on the new Tandem insulin pump, which could hardly look more Apple’esque if it tried:

The San Diego-based company has been developing this one for several years, and recently added some famous names to its Clinical Advisory Board: insulin pump experts Dr. Bruce Bode, CDEs Virginia Valentine and John Walsch, and Dr. Steven Edelman of TCOYD fame.…

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GlucaGo for Instant Hypo Treatment

By AmyT on December 15, 2010

Anyone who’s ever looked over a traditional glucagon kit (scary! confusing!) will appreciate this: another company hot on the trail of developing a new compact, one-step injection device for treating severe hypoglycemia. This one is called GlucaGo, from a group of young entrepreneurs out of Purdue University.
Co-Founder Rush Bartlett explains: “Our device holds the drug in a freeze dried form until right before use when the user removes the cap, causing the freeze dried…

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