Type 1 Diabetes
The Barbie doll comes equipped with a continuous glucose monitor and insulin pump.
The company now wants to accelerate the commercial rollout of a system for management of Type 1 diabetes.
Researchers built a secure app-based system that runs on an unlocked smartphone and connects to glycemic control devices from multiple manufacturers.
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and JDRF provided the grant to the diabetes management company.
The new feature will give users reminders about administering insulin or bolus.
Published today in the Lancet, the investigation of 86 pediatric and adult Type 1 patients compared the partially automated system to a manual sensor-augmented pump therapy.
Evidation Health is teaming up with Tidepool to launch a connected device-powered study of nocturnal hypoglycemic events in people with Type 1 diabetes.
Children with Type 1 diabetes will now have access to the Medtronic MiniMed 670G, a hybrid closed-loop system insulin delivery system, following the FDA’s decision to expand the product approval for a younger demographic.
Data from a team of Dutch researchers presented this weekend at the Endocrinology Society’s annual meeting in Chicago demonstrated how vital monitoring wearables could identify Type 1 diabetes patients’ hypoglycemic events by measuring heart rate.
The FDA has expanded its indication for Medtronic’s Guardian Sensor 3, allowing patients to wear the sensor on their upper arm.