TypeZero/Tandem Diabetes Care/Dexcom: An artificial pancreas with Virginia roots
Last July, Tandem Diabetes Care inked a license agreement with TypeZero Technologies to integrate TypeZero’s artificial pancreas into Tandem’s next-gen t:slim insulin pump.
TypeZero’s artificial pancreas technology includes algorithms developed off of initial research conducted at the University of Virginia, and the company said it has been used in more than 28 clinical studies including more than 475 participants.
The combined technologies include an insulin pump from Tandem, a Dexcom G5 sensor and TypeZero’s inControl hybrid closed loop algorithm.
As part of the agreement, a research version of the t:slim insulin pump will be used alongside TypeZero’s AP tech in the International Diabetes Closed Loop Trial which began in late 2016 and was funded by the National Institute of Health. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.
In January 2015, a device developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine which automatically monitors and regulates blood-sugar level in type 1 diabetes patients began undergoing 2 final clinical trials. UVA said it was hopeful that the long-term clinical trials would pave the way for FDA clearance of the artificial pancreas devices for type 1 diabetes sufferers.
The 1st study, the International Diabetes Closed-Loop trial, aimed to test UVA developed technology. The university’s technology has been “further refined for clinical use” by Charlottesville, Va.–based startup TypeZero Technologies, which licensed the technologies.
I’m patiently waiting for this to hit the marke; T1 for 58 years!
Thank you!
Thanks for the comment, Gayle. Hope you don’t have to wait much longer!
but what about the advancements in this? worth looking at, it is being investigated by the same people that are investing in this product. hope for us T1 diabetics is coming, one way or another. there is hope.
http://thejdca.org/practical-cure-project-update-bcg
Hats off to you, Gayle.
Waiting impatiently.
Mum of a 10-year-old T1
How do i get to be in the trial?
This will be great. I am 67 years old and am fighting the battle of diabetes. I would love to trial test something like this. I worked in the Medical field for 39 years and was always studying how to beat this terrible disease.
Ronnie McBride
I wish all success. I hope for biological approach to protect islet insulin producing cells for implant or infusion of cells to restore natural function of glucose metabolism. May God help us.
T1D for 70 years. Why not a cure instead of costing us more and more to live. We are the support of these drug and device companies. Thank you for this article. I do a diabetic newsletter for a T1D optimist club. Our next speaker is building his own device.
Thanks for the insights, Pat. I think it really says something about the motivation of the diabetes community that there’s so much do-it-yourself activity going on with devices, including when it comes to an artificial pancreas. Who do you have speaking?
You forgetting a big player in the Netherlands.
https://inredadiabetic.nl
Thanks for pointing out, Frank!