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MiniMed's Paradigm® REAL-TIME Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitoring System, a Step towards Artificial Pancreas Technology

Filed in archive Diagnostics , Treatment by Gloria Gamat on April 19, 2006

The USFDA recently approved Medtronic Diabetes' MiniMed Paradigm® REAL-TIME Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitoring System, a new technology that will allow patients take immediate corrective or preventive action to maintain healthy glucose levels and delay or prevent diabetes-related complications, including coma, blindness, kidney failure, amputation, impotence, and heart disease.

In lieu of this novel product approval, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (JDRF), the world's leading charitable funder of research on type 1 diabetes and its complications; believes that this is a critical step in expediting the development of artificial pancreas technologies which is JDRF's current major research priority.

"This represents another important step forward in diabetes treatment. By combining a sensor and a pump, people with diabetes will be able to take relatively immediate action to adjust their glucose levels," said Aaron Kowalski, PhD, Director of Strategic Research Projects at JDRF. "Research clearly shows that the risks associated with diabetes complications are often directly tied to close control.

With technological advancements, diabetes patients will be able to maintain healthier glucose levels and, as a result, prevent or delay devastating complications associated with diabetes."

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JDRF was founded in 1970 by the parents of children with juvenile diabetes - a disease that strikes children suddenly, makes them insulin dependent for life, and carries the constant threat of devastating complications. Since inception, JDRF has provided more than $900 million to diabetes research worldwide. More than 80 percent of JDRF's expenditures directly support research and education about research. JDRF's mission is constant: to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.

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This pump has nearly cost my sister her life twice in one year. Both were a result of a sensor failure. The most recent was a pressure sensor that failed to propmt for no pressure. We have zero confidence in this pump.

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i need to know the cost of this pump we will have a percription but insurance will not be paying for it.
thank you kathy calfy

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I was interested in Jeff's comments about how the pump and CGMS nearly cost his sister her life. As I just received insurance approval for the CGMS and will be beginning it soon, can anybody point me to somewhere spelling out the dangers of this technology? Thanks.

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I'm 59 and have been diabetic for 26 years I'm just now getting my first pump, a MiniMed. Because my insurance is also covering a CGM set-up, the MiniMed seemed like the logical choice; viewing the literature, I really liked the looks of the Animas 2020, but they're over a year from having their Dexcom project bear fruit. Just a few questions: What's a good info source about carb counting? Am I locked into MiniMed's line of supplies? I read something about a company that makes a resevoir that will accept a range of infusion sets, but cannot locate it any longer. Do most pumpers use an accessory to load in their bolus doses, or do they take their pumps out of the holster when doing so? Do you ever get used to sleeping while connected to your pump and infusion line? I look forward to starting on my pump and some assistance from others. Thanks!

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I always love it when someone develops a gadget that is a long time coming. The Tankpitstop is one of

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