Daylight Saving Time to Fall Back
It's that time again and whether you are a fan of the practice of Daylight Saving Time (I thought Saving had an S at the end until today) or not, it's about to happen.
In 2017 most of our watches, clocks and appliances adjust themselves but there are still a few items in the world that aren't connected to the Internet and much of your diabetes technology falls into that category.
Don't forget to adjust the time on your meter, continuous glucose monitor and insulin pump this weekend.
The person that came up with daylight saving must have had a child with type 1 diabetes, because who else considers two in the morning to be a viable time to accomplish something?
Daylight saving officially ends this year at 2 a.m. on November 5th but you can adjust your D-tech anytime before you go to bed. Be cautious, some insulin pumps will suspend bolus calculation assistance for a period of time after your adjust it's clock - plan accordingly.
If you want to learn more about Daylight Saving there is a quick video and detailed blog post over on National Geographic that you may enjoy.
Johnson & Johnson (Animas) Exits Insulin Pump Business
Ping, Poof, Pow!!!
From Reuters - Johnson & Johnson’s diabetes care unit, which makes insulin pumps, said on Thursday it would shut its business in United States and Canada amid increased competition and after failing to find a buyer.
The entire story is here on Reuters.
More from MarketWatch
Johnson & Johnson's Animas Corp. said Thursday it plans to close operations and exit the insulin pump business. The company will discontinue the manufacturing and sale of its Animas, Vibe and OneTouch Ping insulin pumps. Animas said Medtronic PLC MDT, +1.30% will help facilitate a transition for the 90,000 patients who use Animas pumps, and who will be offered the option to transfer to a Medtronic pump. Animas employs 410 people around the world. The move comes as part of J&J's strategic review announced in January, in which it is continuing to evaluate options for LifeScan, a blood glucose monitoring company with the OneTouch brand of products. J&J's stock was inactive in premarket trade. It has slipped 0.6% over the past three months, while the SPDR Health Care Select Sector ETF XLV, -0.10% has gained 3.9% and the S&P 500 SPX, +0.50% has advanced 4.3%.
RECALL: Medtronic Infusion Sets
From Medtronic
Explanation of the Issue
Medtronic has become aware of recent reports of potential over-delivery of insulin shortly after an infusion set change. Over-delivery of insulin can cause hypoglycemia and in extreme cases, death. Medtronic has received reports of hypoglycemia requiring medical intervention potentially related to this issue.
Our investigation has shown this can be caused by fluid blocking the infusion set membrane during the priming/fill-tubing process. A membrane blocked by fluid most likely occurs if insulin, alcohol, or water is spilled on top of the insulin reservoir which then could prevent the infusion set from working properly. Infusion sets currently being shipped by Medtronic contain a new and enhanced membrane material that significantly reduces this risk.
To see if your infusion sets are part of the recall please go to this page supplied by Medtronic
https://www.medtronicdiabetes.com/customer-support/product-and-service-updates/notice7-letter
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Further Press release
Omnipod of the Future Revealed
Omnipod had a shareholder meeting this week and the slideshow that accompanied it was full of interesting stuff...
Timeline for new products and innovation
Exciting!
Relationship with Lilly to bring concentrated insulin
Looks like concentrated insulin keeps form factor small while adding enough insulin for people with greater needs...
New Bluetooth PDM and an Artificial Pancreas
Looks like the plan is to first release the Dash (new PDM) followed by the Horizon Artificial Pancreas system...
The entire slide deck can be found here, it has lots more info and business type stuff. I only brought you the exciting diabetes tech images. I need to get an Omnipod representative back on the Juicebox podcast. Good times ahead folks, good times! Lots of questions...
OmniPod Gets A New Look!
We're still the same OmniPod® - focused on making diabetes a smaller part of your life - but now we have a new logo that truly embodies the dedication we have to our Podder Community!
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