The
US Food and Drug Administration has just approved a device that acts as an
artificial pancreas; it is the size of a coin and is adhered to the skin of the abdomen through
filaments that regulate levels of glucose every five minutes, whilst also
dispensing insulin according to what the body needs.
This revolutionary
device will be able to be used from the age of 14 and will greatly improve the
quality of life of those children and young people that suffer from this type
of diabetes.
The company that
manufactures this device under the name Miniset 670 G is currently refining the
device so that children over the age of 7 can use it.
We look forward to
this device being accessible as soon as possible to all that suffer from this
pathology.
