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> Medtronic’s latest FDA-approved product can now do most of the things the Farnsworths’ system can—for $7,000 Considering the price is affordable for most peo
by devoply 8y ago
> Medtronic’s latest FDA-approved product can now do most of the things the Farnsworths’ system can—for $7,000
Considering the price is affordable for most people I can see why people might object to instead relying on a $250 DIY unit.
- pravula 8y agoThere is Dexcom too. https://www.dexcom.com/ https://www.dexcom.com/
- daveguy 8y agoAnd apparently it is $250 when the pump is donated. Medically approved pumps are expensive. A lot of the safety control is in that pump and the protocol used to control it. It probably has two way confirmations at every step. Physical safety stops and controls. If you exclude the critical safety component (the pump) from the cost then it will be $250. That pump, with the safety controls and rigorous firmware development needed to pump insulin safely, is probably $4k-5k of the cost of the $7000 commercial pump. Also probably the reason there haven't been reports of people dying from their diy closed loop insulin pumps.
- MK_Dev 8y agoA lot of the pumps are either paid for or heavily subsidized by insurance companies. Supplies (insulin, sensors, delivery "needles", etc.) is what gets you