I am surprised no one has posted this yet!!!
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/29/healt...icial-pancreas/

I am trying to remain cautiously optimistic, as even though it may be released by spring- i am guessing we are looking at several years before insurance companies start paying for it- that was how it was for constant glucose monitoring. And even after it had been on market for years, but not covered, then you had to prove BG control was BAD enough to warrant one.....sick system we have.

But still......OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! It's happening!!!!!!!!!!

That's amazing. I knew someone had to be working on something like that: an implantable monitoring device. Combine that with the pump, and there you go.

I wonder where we'll be in 20 years. 20 years ago, we didn't think the telephone would turn into a small PC the size of a deck of cards. Maybe we'll all have a phone app something like Star Trek tricorders to assess our health parameters through the skin.

yes, i can't wait to see what it looks like 20 years from now!

So basically, what you described Kristine is pretty much we have now (in the US, no other country really has access yet). I have 2 devices- my pump and my constant glucose monitoring system (CGMS).
The CGMS is a small computer chip device attached to my belly with an adhesive and a sensor is inserted through my skin (you use a largish needle to implant once per week). It sends my BG to a handheld device every 5 minutes and alarms if i drop below or rise above limits i can set myself. It also has an arrow indicating if i am dropping, steady or rising! This helps a lot because if i am 85 and crashing, i should not drive a car, if i am 85 and lazing on my couch, i am fine.....
in addition, if i am unresponsive, it alerts my husband that i am in trouble. it is very hard to rouse a low type I diabetic, who is sleeping, so this is great at night!

The NEW artificial pancreas is amazing because i am controlling 89 million decisions per day with my fancy equipment. The APP will actually automatically release glucose if i am low, and insulin when i am rising!

Of course, i will still need to change out insertion sites on routine basis and test BG the old fashioned way (you use meter to calibrate CGMS). AND accuracy is an issue!
Also, what happens when it dies, like a cell phone dies?

Interestingly, the hand held piece is an iphone! it won't call/text/etc....but the hardware is apple's iphone!

Dr Eenfeldt addded a post about it.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/revoluti...type-1-diabetes

Earlier today he had a post by a T1 about switching to LC.
https://www.dietdoctor.com/in-short-it-works

Below this story, is a link to David Dikeman's talk about using LC to manage his son's T1. Very detailed and also very moving talk about T1 in kids.