Tag: Insulin
Medtronic Buys Diabetes Management Startup Klue to Strengthen Personalized Closed Loop System
Irish Medtech giant Medtronic has acquired California-based Klue, a startup that uses gesture sensing and other behavioral health metrics to determine when a user...
Tea Bag Implant Releases Insulin for Children with Diabetes while Protecting Islet Cells
Type 1 diabetes patients have to go through painful
procedure of injecting themselves with insulin because their beta cells in
pancreas no longer produces insulin. But...
New Smart Pill Releases Insulin in the Stomach, Could Replace Injections for People with...
For people living with diabetes taking insulin injections multiple times a day is an annoying experience. However, since insulin is a protein, it cannot...
Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Test as Effective as Finger Prick Test: Study
For diabetics, managing their blood glucose is crucial in order to prevent diabetes-related complications such as heart attacks, blindness and coma. However, managing diabetes...
Valeritas’ V-Go Shows Significant Benefits Compared to Conventional Insulin Delivery in Patients with Type...
Valeritas V-Go® Wearable Insulin Delivery device has been found to be beneficial compared to conventional insulin delivery in patients with type 2 diabetes. In...
Medtronic’s Smartphone-Connected CGM System Gets FDA Approval
Medtronic’s Guardian Connect, a smartphone-connected continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM) for people with diabetes, has received FDA approval. This is the first standalone CGM...