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Invention – insulin pump

by Marshall Brain

The insulin pump helps diabetics by slowing injecting insulin over the course of the day. This article explains the basic idea:

Insulin Pumps

The pumps are getting cheaper and more accurate:

Good news for all diabetes sufferers

This video shows how to refill a typical pump:

[See previous invention]

 

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One Response to “Invention – insulin pump”

Amanda Ryan says:

What is the exact date of the invention of the insulin pump. I am diabetic and for my college application I have to make a top ten list. I am doing the top ten most important dates to me so that date is pretty important. I know it was in the 1970s and that Dean Kamen invented it but I need more specifics. Do you know?

Thanks

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