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The "Diabetic Device" Section. | by ShadowSystems | 2012-06-24 14:43:26 |
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Okay. So - is there any status? | by LongFist | 2012-12-12 07:59:38 |
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Ask Klar or Reti, I suppose... | by ShadowSystems | 2012-12-12 09:49:17 |
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Based on the assumption that Reti (or Klar) | by LongFist | 2012-12-13 08:23:33 |
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Thus brainstorming here. =-) | by ShadowSystems | 2012-12-13 10:13:27 |
| An interesting idea. I just happen to be Type II |
by LongFist |
2012-12-13 13:51:00 |
diabetic as well, and have recently learned about automated insulin pumps and assorted goodies like that. Not that I need them just now, exactly - I'm actually far from that level - but that my interests lie in that general range. So this device - it interests me.
I use a One-Touch with the sensor-tabs (you know what I mean) that are inserted and "touched" (not scraped or submersed) to the blood sample, whereupon it renders a fairly accurate result of BSL. Naturally, I was interested in seeing if there wasn't already a subcutaneous sensor that could be "installed" by my local Doctor, and read (remotely, perhaps via Bluetooth or the like) by various external devices, thus obviating the need for poking a hole every time it wants/needs to check my BSL. I'm given to understand that proper BSL testing requires surface-capillary blood for best accuracy, which is why we don't test BSL from a punch next to our navel, or an elbow, or the upper thigh. Mind you - that's not gospel doctrine and I'm still researching this - so that little tidbit is subject to change. But it does explain why they always poke a hole in my fingertip when testing at the doctor's office. Normally I poke in the heel area of the hand, at the highest "depth charge" setting in order to penetrate the layers of callus that have developed there, as that is my "outer palm strike" or "palm-heel-strike" zone, and I find that it hurts a lot less. Practice indeed makes perfect.
But your ideas are interesting. Very interesting. It's a combination reader and insulin pump - very interesting indeed.
My first (knee-jerk) thought (which Reti has no doubt already thought of) is a two-element (or three-element) redundant power supply: not only does the unit sport a user-replaceable battery pack (populate it as you please: ni-cads, L-Ion, L-Poly, PV Solar, the combinations are endless), but it would possess an emergency "on board" powercell to handle power while the (user-replaceable) battery pack was actively being replaced. Or had failed. the on-board (backup) power doesn't have to be monstrous; just provide power for the three to five minutes that an end-user might need to fiddle with the (user-replaceable) battery pack to get it reloaded and re-inserted. The interim power supply could be maintained (charged) either from the (user replaceable) battery pack itself, or perhaps an (emergency) power connector (socket with waterproof dust cover on the unit; plug-in power cable with wall-wart - or whatever - that obviously serves only this unit) that would do nicely for power supply in the (unlikely) event that the (on-board) battery pack had gone flat and would no longer hold enough charge to "cover" the impending (user replaceable) battery pack change. Of course, if I were really daydreaming about this thing, I would give it an inductive power coupling, obviating the need for a waterproof dust-covered socket at all, and further enhancing not only the structural integrity of the unit but the longevity of it as well; perhaps a circuit could be added to this unit that (upon activation) would supply a charge to rechargeable (user replaceable) battery packs - which just about exhausts my (knee-jerk) ideas for fail-safe powering of this incredible device. I'll look around, but I think I just described a four-or-five component surface-mount power supply board, so it would be seriously, seriously tiny, probably fitting in right next to the physical location of the (user replaceable) battery pack.
And that's probably enough for now - let me do a little more daydreaming about what I'd do if I had such a device, and could rely on it to inform me about my condition.
I'd like to imagine using one of these things in the near future, hopefully without need of the injector portion - just the monitor. But that's probably just my laziness mumbling...
Thanks for the opportunity - I may just prove helpful yet. |
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I hate the idea of an Insulin Pump. =-J | by ShadowSystems | 2012-12-13 18:15:41 |
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Okay, all of the subcutaneous options are | by LongFist | 2012-12-19 07:33:11 |
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Definitely talk to Reti! =-D | by ShadowSystems | 2012-12-19 12:48:46 |
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