NHS England says the mass rollout of the artificial pancreas builds on a successful pilot of the technology, which saw 835 adults and children given devices to improve the management of their condition.
The system is called a Hybrid Closed Loop System, sometimes termed an artificial pancreas, where a blood sugar monitor, insulin pump and software on a person’s phone talk to each other, according to Diabetes UK.
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Patients still have to carry a few things around since it’s not an internal organ replacement, but it does save a huge mental load. Having seen a few of these up close, it looks especially freeing since they also have sport and sick modes which relax the blood sugar control slightly to reduce the risks of hypos.
Since this was missed in the auto-TLDR.
Patients still have to carry a few things around since it’s not an internal organ replacement, but it does save a huge mental load. Having seen a few of these up close, it looks especially freeing since they also have sport and sick modes which relax the blood sugar control slightly to reduce the risks of hypos.