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Published on: June 11, 2012
Dosing Algorithms for Insulin Pumps
1Departments of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Engineering Center for Diabetes Research and Education, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL.
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Advances in insulin pumps and dosing algorithms have improved the regulation of blood glucose concentrations, reduced the frequency of hyperglycemic and hypoglycemic episodes, and improved quality of life for people with diabetes and their families. Whereas nonautomated or standard insulin pumps may work with a smartphone app to provide information to reduce the workload of users, major advances have been made in automated insulin delivery (AID) system pumps that adjust insulin infusion rates via proprietary algorithms in real time based on data from a continuous glucose monitoring sensor that communicates with the AID pump to take over additional tasks. Improvements in these algorithms are reducing the burden on users today, while the next generation of AID systems, with full automation, are under development.
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