Note that there was a ton of hoopla about this product when it came out last Fall, because the mainstream media jumped all over it as “the first-ever artificial pancreas,” which it is not. But it is a step in the right direction, as it pairs the functions of an insulin pump and CGM and is the first such system to offer the controversial threshold suspend function, which automatically shuts off insulin delivery if the user’s blood sugar drops too low.
DiabetesMine – New Video Review of the Medtronic 530G Pump/CGM System
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