JUNE 8TH, 2023 CONN HASTINGS MEDICINE The iLet Bionic Pancreas for use by type 1 diabetes patients has been cleared by the FDA and is now available commercially. The device is offered by Beta Bionics, a medtech company based in Massachusetts and California, but the underlying technology originally developed by researchers at Boston University. The system can...
by Andrew Thurston, Boston University The iLet Bionic Pancreas is billed as the “first and only automated insulin-delivery system that determines 100 percent of all insulin doses.”. Credit: Beta Bionics A bionic pancreas—a wearable, pocket-sized, automated insulin delivery device—that was first developed in a Boston University lab has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug...
In the study in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found the wearable device was better at managing blood glucose levels than existing standard-of-care methods. Your pancreas is like a little digestive engine, working hard to keep your body fueled and running. Just six inches long, it’s responsible for turning lunch into the energy that...
