[Technological Innovations in Diabetes Therapy]

Technological Innovations in Diabetes Therapy Abstract. In the last few years a whole array of technical innovations has dramatically increased treatment options for patients with diabetes mellitus. Capillary blood glucose measurements are increasingly replaced by continuous glucose monitoring. More and more insulin pump systems are linked up to continuous glucose monitoring, which thereby become ever more self-regulating. Novel ultra-long and ultra-short acting insulins have become available. There will soon be oral alternatives for several anti-diabetic treatments, which hitherto needed to be injected.