Doctors make progress toward 'artificial pancreas'

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3. Threshold-Based Insulin-Pump Interruption for Reduction of Hypoglycemia (New Eng Jour Med)

Here's the technical paper mentioned in the article. From this layman's pov, looks like a promising device to provide a window for follow-up. ~ pinto

Threshold-Based Insulin-Pump Interruption for Reduction of Hypoglycemia

Richard M. Bergenstal, M.D., David C. Klonoff, M.D., Satish K. Garg, M.D., Bruce W. Bode, M.D., Melissa Meredith, M.D., Robert H. Slover, M.D., Andrew J. Ahmann, M.D., John B. Welsh, M.D., Ph.D., Scott W. Lee, M.D., and Francine R. Kaufman, M.D. for the ASPIRE In-Home Study Group

June 22, 2013

Background

The threshold-suspend feature of sensor-augmented insulin pumps is designed to minimize the risk of hypoglycemia by interrupting insulin delivery at a preset sensor glucose value. We evaluated sensor-augmented insulin-pump therapy with and without the threshold-suspend feature in patients with nocturnal hypoglycemia.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1303576?query=featured_home#t=abstract

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