Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> Tiger_Lily wrote:
>> Hondos2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>
>>>> The"artifial pancreas" contains an insulin pump, AND a glucose sensor
>>>> AND a microcomputer.
>>
>>>> Until we can invent a device that will MAKE the insulin itself
>>>> (instead of having to be refilled every day), this is as close as we
>>>> can get to "artificial pancreas"
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> Does anyone know the name of this type of pump or who makes it? My
>>> child was diagnosed with type 1 six weeks ago. I'd love to have this
>>> for him.
>>
>> there is NO viable 'artifical pancreas' as such, in existance today
>>
>> there has been much talk of this happening, in the last 9 or 10 years
>> or more, but nothing has come of it
>
> Try 40 years, minimum. The basic mechanical technologies were solved at
> least 25 years ago to my knowledge, the sensor is the problem. With good
> sensors, you don't need fancy computers. It's a simple damped feedback
> loop like physics and engineering students have been tuning since the
> invention of feedback loops.
wow! 40 years
thanks for the feedback Nico
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