This morning, the Medtronic Diabetes Group held a conference call for a small group of diabetes writers to give an update on its new MiniMed 670G system, otherwise known as the world’s first hybrid closed loop system. Louis Dias, Chief Patient Officer of…
...though Medtronic hopes that future systems might be approved to allow people to set their own targets. How the Medtronic 670G Artificial Pancreas Works How it works: You and your healthcare team come up with a set of initial basal rates and you program thos…
...And we are getting so close. I have nothing against Medtronic. I am extremely grateful for it. I wear one of its pumps, and it is reliable. If approved, Medtronic’s newest system, currently under review by the FDA, would be the first pump approved to …
...and that the first version of such a system may be closer than I thought. Most tangibly, after presenting tantalizing data at ADA, Medtronic announced on June 27 that it has submitted its Hybrid Closed Loop System (otherwise known as the MMT-670G system) to…
...healthy life in spite of my disease. I would have asked that the article better address why Catherine Haley, the woman with Type 1 diabetes whose story is featured in the piece, would bother to save up for an insulin pump – which she describes as bein…
Last week I started a trial of Medtronic’s latest insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring system, the Minimed 530G with Enlite. (See my previous post here.) I thought I’d devote today’s post to what’s arguably the most exciting p…
When Medtronic recently offered me the opportunity to do a free trial of the Minimed 530G with Enlite Sensor, their new pump and continuous glucose monitoring system, I jumped at the chance. (Disclosure: I have to give it back at the end of the trial period, a…
For the third year running, I had the privilege to attend the Medtronic Diabetes Advocate Forum.* Many in attendance have begun to share their opinions and recollections, and our very own Catherine Price has a great overview of the event. One of the most inter…
I just got home from the 2014 Medtronic Diabetes Advocate Forum (twitter: #medtronicDAF), a yearly event where Medtronic invites a group of diabetes advocates (including Karmel!) to its headquarters in Northridge CA to meet its diabetes team, learn about new p…
...You Should Worry About the Accuracy of Your Glucose Test Strips by Catherine Price there is currently no system in place in the United States to ensure that test strips and meters continue to achieve this level of accuracy once the FDA has cleared the meter…
