The Pancreum closed loop (automated insulin + CGM + glucagon) system that won a Grand Prize in the DiabetesMine Design Challenge this year may look like a pipe dream, but designer Gil DePaula assures us it is “visionary but real.”
Have a look at the video, below, and also Gil’s company website.
“The glucagon part is definitely a futuristic concept — because there’s no predicate device for glucagon delivery with the FDA, so that’s a…
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A huge thank you and congratulations to all who participated in our 2011 open innovation contest! Yet again we feel this effort is an example of “crowdsourcing” at its best — culling the brightest concepts from across the community to help improve life with diabetes.
Jeffrey Brewer, President and CEO of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), recently stated:
“This contest has created a great deal of buzz within the diabetes industry, really helping to…
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Hi All,
Please spread the word today: It’s your last chance to vote in the 2011 DiabetesMine Design Challenge. Polls close tonight at 6pm Pacific time.
We want to congratulate each of our finalists! From 95 entries this year, our judging team narrowed the field to 20 designs in the Grand Prize category, four as “Most Creative” favorites, and three top contenders in the Kids’ category.
As a reminder:
Your votes will determine the winners…
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By
AmyT on
April 29, 2011
Today marks the deadline for submissions to the 2011 DiabetesMine Design Challenge — our annual diabetes/medical device design competition that fosters innovation with $25,000 in prizes!
As a reminder of what it’s all about, here’s our contest “poster”:
We are SO looking forward to another bevy of creativity this year!
Submissions accepted until midnight tonight Pacific Time.…
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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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