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It should be noted that this appears to be a highly accurate insulin pump. That's a far cry from an artificial pancreas. If you have the death sentence known as
by JunkDNA 13y ago
It should be noted that this appears to be a highly accurate insulin pump. That's a far cry from an artificial pancreas. If you have the death sentence known as "pancreatic cancer" you can't get your pancreas removed and have this take its place for example. Not saying it isn't important for diabetics, but let's not get carried away.
- VLM 13y ago"appears to be a highly accurate insulin pump" The article was a little vague on how well the control loop is closed, but it provided the impression that there was a feedback loop, as though a real engineer told the journalist there was a feedback loop and the article is the result of the liberal arts interpretive dance of the artists impersonation of the concept of a feedback loop trying to play to the masses who don't know what "feedback" is or Bode stability plots or whatever. The creation of a feedback loop would make it much more of an "artificial pancreas" than a mere free-running pump or traditional injection.
- justinpombrio 13y agoI think JunkDNA's point was that the pancreas does a lot more than just regulate insulin.
- zekenie 13y agoWhat else does it do? (if you know... I'm curious)
- deletes 13y agoBesides that, not anything significant (as far as we know). http://answers.webmd.com/answers/1195061/can-you-live-without-a-pancreas http://answers.webmd.com/answers/1195061/can-you-live-withou...
- gus_massa 13y ago> The pancreas is also the main source of enzymes for digesting fats (lipids) and proteins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocrine_pancreas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocrine_pancreas
- shanselman 13y agoIn fact, it's just a pump that shuts off if you don't acknowledge its alarms that you're having a low. It's also the next gen of their (known to be poor) CGM. Source: Diabetic wearing their current gen.