artificial pancreas
It is part of an artificial pancreas system that mimics the human body's closed-loop system for insulin production.
Bigfoot has agreed to develop and commercialize new programs that will integrate with Abbott's diabetes management platform.
The deal follows on the company's 2018 acquisition of AI nutrition app Nutrino.
The clearance of Tandem Diabetes Care’s Control-IQ Technology opens the door for new algorithms enabling hybrid closed-loop diabetes management systems.
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that patients had an average of 2.6 more hours a day in their target glucose range compared to their peers using a sensor-augmented pump.
Using devices and systems that have not been authorized by the regulatory agency comes with a risk.
Researchers built a secure app-based system that runs on an unlocked smartphone and connects to glycemic control devices from multiple manufacturers.
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.