Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Fig. 7.6
(
a
,
b
) Artifi cial
pancreas overview
The newest artifi cial pancreas has been developed by Professor Joan Taylor of De
Montfort University with Bruce Renfrew and Mike Phillips of the Renfrew Group.
Speaking about the technology, Prof. Taylor said: “This incredible device will not
only remove the need to manually inject insulin, but will also ensure that perfect
doses are administrated each and every time. By controlling blood glucose so
effectively, we should be able to help reduce related health problems.” The artifi cial
pancreas is a great piece of British design and engineering and is due to soon start
clinical trials to test the product. Studies showed that the artifi cial pancreas system
was able to increase the amount of time study participants spent in the right blood
glucose level range by 22 % [
7
]. The system is still being tested for safety and has
yet to be used in non-controlled conditions. Therefore this newest artifi cial pancreas
is not available for public trials yet.
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