Tag: Type 1 diabetes
Needle-Free CGM Startup Movano Exits Stealth Mode And Raises $10M In A Bridge Round
Movano Inc., a health-focused technology company dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people affected by chronic health conditions, has raised $10M in a bridge round led by Tri-Valley Ventures. Taken alongside its prior investments, the company said it has now raised $27 million since its founding in 2018. The company said it will […]
Dexcom G6 Pro CGM Offers Both Blinded And Unblinded Mode For Glucose Monitoring
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology has revolutionized diabetes care because of the real-time feedback it provides about therapeutic interventions and variations in lifestyle or dietary intake. For diabetics, CGMs drastically reduce the number of annoying and painful finger pricks needed to monitor blood glucose. Read more Livongo Partners with Dexcom to Integrate Dexcom’s CGM System […]
Medtronic Receives CE Mark For Its MiniMed 780G Insulin Pump With Artificial Pancreas Capabilities
Medtronic secured CE Mark for its MiniMed 780G system, a closed loop insulin pump system for the treatment of type 1 diabetes in people age 7 to 80 years. Medtronic’s own SmartGuard algorithm and MD-Logic, an algorithm developed by a small Israeli firm called DreaMed Diabetes, automatically delivers both basal insulin and correcting boluses every […]
South Korean Researchers Develop Smart Contact Lens for Diagnosis And Treatment Of Diabetes
In 2019, approximately 463 million adults were living with diabetes globally, and there’s no cure for the disease. People with type I diabetes are insulin-dependent, which means they must take artificial insulin daily to stay alive. In type 2 diabetes, the body still makes insulin, but the cells in the body do not respond to […]
This Coin-Sized Smart Patch Delivers Insulin as Blood Sugar Increases
With the rise in diabetes cases worldwide, researchers have been finding novel ways to manage this dreaded disease. Now, a team of researchers from UCLA, UNC School of Medicine and MIT have developed a smart insulin-delivery patch that could one day monitor and manage glucose levels in people with diabetes and deliver the necessary insulin […]
MIT Researchers Prove Noninvasive Spectroscopy Could Be an Alternative to Needle Pricks for Diabetics
People with diabetes need to endure painful needle pricks several times a day to check their blood sugar levels. However, studies have shown that more than half of patients don’t test often enough, in part because of the pain and inconvenience associated with the procedure. Read more American Diabetes Association Recognizes Use of Autonomous AI […]