[Diabetes-talk] accessible Insulin pumps

[Mike Freeman]

And yet, we, the citizenry, tend to want to have our cake and eat it, too.
When something like Celebrex gets thru the cracks, people wonder why the FDA
doesn't do a better job. But when something they want isn't getting FDA
approval, they scream bloody murder. Verily, we can't have it both ways.

Mike


-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Bridgit Pollpeter
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 3:06 PM
To: 'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] accessible Insulin pumps

Yeah, other countries don't have the same regulations the US insist upon
here. I'm not saying it's all bad, but on the flip side of the coin, it
also makes it difficult to push through a lot of good products. So it
may be available in the UK long before, if ever, it will be in the US.

Bridgit

-----Original Message-----
From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Julie Graham
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 2:00 PM
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] accessible Insulin pumps


I'm in the Uk, perhaps they have a release date in mind for here and not
in 
the USA?
I won't believe it til I have it in my hand.  a lot of pumps are
controlled 
by the blood machine? or a remote, would be so easy for someone who
knows 
what they are doing to develop an ap for a device which already has
speach 
built into it, like an iphone which can send info via bluetooth and so
on. I'm guessing if an engineer student got their hands on a 2nd hand
pump they 
could  sort something no bother.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] accessible Insulin pumps


> One, I've not heard anything about this pump, nor has my nurse 
> educator, who I work closely with on this topic. And two, consider 
> various products created with the blind in mind. Most these products 
> are developed by sighted people without ever involving blind people in

> the creation and development stages. And what a sighted person deems 
> as accessible is usually far from being truly accessible. Prodigy 
> didn't have a completely accessible meter at first; it took a couple 
> of trys before the current version hit the market.
>
> And any products like this will require FDA approval, and this can 
> take years. I wouldn't trust any company claiming a release date 
> unless they state it already has the approval, but even then...
>
> Bridgit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Julie Graham
> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 12:13 PM
> To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] accessible Insulin pumps
>
>
> Vapor ware?  you don't believe these companies will release a talking 
> or
>
> accessible pump?  i'm not too sure about the prodigy one but i've been

> told about the Roche INSIGHT pump by my DSN and by the Roche rep for 
> this area.
> Perhaps it won't talk but I was told they were working on something to
> be
> released next year which was designed with blind people in mind
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "Diabetes Talk for the Blind" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 6:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] accessible Insulin pumps
>
>
>>I consider all the examples you cite below complete vapor ware. More 
>>later.
>>
>> Mike Freeman
>>
>>
>> On Jun 23, 2013, at 7:58, "Julie Graham" <orvil_7 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> I've only just joined this mailing list and was wondering if anyone 
>>> had any info on the IQ pump by prodigy?  when it's to be released or

>>> how
> it
>>> works?  Also Roche are to release a new pump in 2014 which has been 
>>> designed with the blind and partially sighted in mind or so i'm 
>>> told.
>>>
>>> Driving me crazy when I get no answer from the companies.
>>>
>>> Any information would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>
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