CBS on the Artificial Pancreas
This morning, there was a short segment on the Early Show that talked about the Artificial Pancreas.The trials sound very interesting and it looks like they've made a lot of progress. It's also good to see the interest in diabetes that has been generated due to the artificial pancreas project.
This is because of the recent NIH, FDA, and JDRF 2-day collaborative workshop on the Artificial Pancreas. The sessions were recorded. You can see the video for day one here, and for day two here.
The agencies and people involved seem to be taking a very pragmatic approach to combining the individual technology pieces to this puzzle. All of the required pieces of hardware already exist, the hard part is getting the software to work so that insulin and blood glucose controls can be automatically controlled. Thankfully those involved seem to be working to get a solution that's usable rather than a 'perfect' device. Hopefully the early prototypes will quickly inform folks about ways in which the overall approach can be improved.
The CBS piece mentions that the artificial pancreas may be available in 5 to 10 years.Because of approval and regulatory issues, I would guess this is closer to 10 years out. I hope it's a lot sooner than that.
Labels: artificial, CBS, FDA, JDRF, NIH, pancreas
posted by Bernard @ 1:28 PM
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My fingers on crossed on this one!
thanks for the heads up Bernard.
I saw part of that this morning, but I just caught the tail end of it so I didn't get to hear it all. I tried to find the video on line, but couldn't.
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As a 45 year old with 44 years of D, it has always been ten years away....every decade.....I guess technology will ultimately overcome but who knows when. Keep going...Peace Bob
I wonder if an artificial pancreas could also help with pancreatic cancer like the kind that took Gene Upshaw. Its a tragedy that he really only had 4-5 days from diagnose til death. Still, maybe with greater awareness of need for pancreatic treatments from the deaths of great people like himself and even Randy Pausch, it will help put more funding into projects that will in the end also help those with diabetes.
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