A pump with better algorithm

[skb]

The current method of automated insulin delivery, which is based on technology called continuous subcutaneous glucose sensors, requires patients to manually enter the number of carbohydrates they consume, announcing their meals to the system before they eat. It is also slow to sense and deliver insulin. These delays, along with the likelihood of errors in manual meal calculations, make the system prone to inaccuracies and increase the prevalence of hyperinsulinemia, a state of high insulin in patients that causes diseases of the large blood vessels.

Using an FDA-accepted simulator designed for continuous subcutaneous insulin delivery, the researchers made modifications to simulate intraperitoneal insulin delivery. They developed a model that can account for individual patient differences and validated a pump control algorithm that does not require meal announcement.

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[bigskygal]

Well, I read your synopsis skb, but not the article as at this point I am not using insulin or pumping. But my eldest GD is a T1 and uses insulin so I will forward the article to her.

[skb]

I miss our pump-ers. They would surely have had many insights to offer.

[bigskygal]

I miss our pump-ers. They would surely have had many insights to offer.

Yes, I do too. We non-pumpers still learned a lot from them despite our different type of diabetes.