Comments on: New Glucose Monitor Keeps Tabs on Diabetics From Inside

By: steve

steve — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:19:41 +0000

FK, I don’t think either of us is a troll, but actually, I’m not sure why that is even relevant.

I was just trying to get an answer to a salient question.

The Popular Science article cited above mentions that it would be in the torso, so I will now assume it would be similar to the pump’s locations.

By: fatkid

fatkid — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:22:19 +0000

Steve, many diabetics had no problem making room inside themselves for double stuffed oreos already, finding room for another shouldnt be too difficult. I’m not a troll, I’m just a fatkid.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:20:50 +0000

Seriously -in what part of the body would they implant this?

By: Joseph Calamia

Joseph Calamia — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:50:23 +0000

Georg, great question. I think that’s a next step. From the UC San Diego release (linked above):

–”With an insulin pump, there is always the concern that it will pump too much insulin, leading to dangerously low blood glucose levels. The sensor could serve as a safety mechanism against low blood glucose levels,” said Gough, who noted that major research efforts to use readings from glucose sensors to program insulin pumps are well underway. Researchers are primarily using needle-type glucose sensors, but these needle sensors could be replaced with the new implanted sensors if and when they are approved for human use.–

By: Georg

Georg — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:12:47 +0000

Why dont they control a insulin reservoir/pump with
this device?
Georg

By: steve

steve — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:10:13 +0000

Ahem.

Ah, ‘scuse me?

Anyone know where, exactly, they would implant something bigger than a double stuff Oreo?

Just askin’.

Seems relevant to the story.