Needle Free Insulin Pump

[Jodie]

BBC NEWS | England | Cornwall | Needle-free diabetes pump tested

Sounds quite good

[Olidus]

I'm a little confused about that article - I need more data - I cannot computer.

Johnny Five Is ALIVE!

[Real4]

The article says "mimics the body's pancreas ". Does that mean that it also monitors blood glucose levels?

I wonder what type of results can be obtained in terms of A1C. I'm sure that it would yield results better than poor compliance with an injection program does and that a lower A1C is obtained then from poorly using insulin. Below 7.0%? Below 60%?

That's the goal and result most insulin takers on this forum obtain either with an intensive insulin regimen or pumping.
I don't expect that anyone here gets below 6% without work or expects a new device to be able to do that. (Although that would be great!)

The doctor in the article kept stressing the elimination of hypos not good BG control. And also its use by the needle wary. That was the selling point of inhaled insulin also. Inhaled insulin is now off the market.

There was a valid market for inhaled insulin (T2s balking from using insulin because of the needles), but the experts panned it because you couldn't get good control with it. The experts, BTW, were people like us and doctors interested in good control.

[MinimedPumper07]

I think that article is referring to the pumps we all use right now. You just insert it with a needle and then pull the needle out, and with basal adjustion you can avoid hypos. I think they are referring to MM animas and cozmore and omnipod. I dont think they will come out with a pump that never requires a needle, how would that even work.

[MinimedPumper07]

"The pump can reverse this, meaning they have a better quality of life and can get back to doing normal things like driving."

ROFL, these #$%^&#$% are just making fun of us