Letter from the Editor, #792

Ever since we were at the ADA meeting in Boston, there has been a lot of buzz about the artificial pancreas and how great it will be. We have even provided you with exclusive interviews with the lead researchers.

When we talk to prescribers and thought leaders, we often hear their skepticism about the safety of leaving the decision making up to a machine and that the FDA will never go along with approval. However other thought leaders will tell you that we trust computers and machines to keep us safe and that an artificial pancreas can probably do a better job at management than most of our patients.

Regardless of how you feel it is never good when a technology company has to let us know that they had some problems and that is why we are sorry that we have to report that Medtronic has issued a warning on their bolus wizard screen display and they recommend until a fix is found; that if your bolus calculation is more than 12 minutes old do not use to activate insulin delivery.

 

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