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In addition to all the accurate assessments that this is very far from an artificial pancreas, I would like to point out that the glucose monitor being marketed
by karmel 13y ago
In addition to all the accurate assessments that this is very far from an artificial pancreas, I would like to point out that the glucose monitor being marketed by Minimed is a far cry behind even the best-in-class available from Dexcom (http://www.dexcom.com/dexcom-g4-platinum http://www.dexcom.com/dexcom-g4-platinum), and not near accurate enough to allow for closing the loop. Notably, a number of the farthest advanced artificial pancreas research projects are moving away from Minimed products-- for example: http://bionicpancreas.org http://bionicpancreas.org
- nikoftime 13y agoAnd you might mention that you also write on this pretty frequently :) "Karmel Allison - Where is My Robot Pancreas?" http://asweetlife.org/author/karmel/ http://asweetlife.org/author/karmel/ http://asweetlife.org/karmel/blogs/science/ada-2013-live-continuous-glucose-monitors-in-pregnancy/33310/ http://asweetlife.org/karmel/blogs/science/ada-2013-live-con... http://asweetlife.org/karmel/blogs/type-1-blogs/updates-from-type-1-diabetes-clinical-trials/33305/ http://asweetlife.org/karmel/blogs/type-1-blogs/updates-from... http://asweetlife.org/karmel/blogs/personal-blogs/in-chicago-for-the-73rd-ada-scientific-sessions/33280/ http://asweetlife.org/karmel/blogs/personal-blogs/in-chicago...
- shanselman 13y agoI moved off of the Medtronic for the Dexcom G4 for this very reason. The difference between 30 minute lag and 5 minute lag is SO noticable. My A1c is now 5.5 and I attribute that to the Dexcom, 100%.
- cutcopypaste 13y agoI must say I recently was testing the new Enlite medtronic sensors and found them far more accurate than the older ones whatever they were called (I gave up on those quickly). Can't compare directly to dexcom but that's good to know!