In the U.S., an artificial pancreas
Engineer from Boston University Ed Damiano invented a device that allows you to automatically maintain the proper blood sugar. It is reported by NPR. Inventor of the "artificial pancreas" teaches biomedical engineering and cooperates with the General Hospital Massachusetts. device that monitors and maintains the desired level of hormones insulin and glucagon, have been tested on 52 volunteers - adults and children. Computer program that controls this process is based on a mobile phone iPhone 4S.
The kit also includes two pump to supply insulin and glucagon, each the size of a cell phone. Damiano wants to achieve the approval of the device profile government agency in the U.S. over the next three years to the son of David, who suffers from diabetes type 1, was able to use it, when will go to college. By the fall of Damiano and his aides want to collect all three components together and create a new generation device. In the meantime, another trial began - with the participation of 40 adult patients.
Activity Report was presented Sunday at the American Diabetes Association meeting in San Francisco and attracted great interest. In addition, he published in the network edition medical bulletin New England Journal of Medicine.
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