Scientists appear to be a step closer toward the development of an artificial pancreas.
And some Kentucky diabetes patients are testing part of the equipment. They are patients with type one diabetes who have difficulty in controlling blood sugar levels despite multiple insulin injections and finger sticks. In the study, patients are outfitted with a sensor, implanted in the abdomen for three days. Every fifteen secondes the device takes a blood sugar reading and those readings are fed into a monitor worn by the patient which averages the readings every five minutes. All of that information is entered into a computer which charts the highs and lows of their blood sugars over a single day and over the three days.