[Diabetes-talk] What About Prodigy Working with Insulin Pumps?

[Everett Gavel]

Thanks, Mike. I keep forgetting about the 
PumpMate. Personally, although it'd be more 
convenient, I'm not looking for an 'easy fix' as 
much as looking to choose the right, most 
productive battle to move forward with, y'know?

Strive On!
Everett

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'Everett Gavel'" <everett at everettgavel.com>; 
"'Diabetes Talk for the Blind'" 
<diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 10:58 AM
Subject: RE: [Diabetes-talk] What About Prodigy 
Working with Insulin Pumps?


> Hi, Everett.
>
> I'm afraid the likelihood is damned near nil. 
> You may remember that Prodigy
> was supposedly working on an accessible insulin 
> pump a few years ago but,
> for all practical purposes, dropped the project. 
> I suspect the reason was
> very simple: the development process plus the 
> cost of getting a pump FDA
> 510(k) certified so that it could be 
> marketed/sold in the U.s. was too great
> for the number of accessible pumps that might be 
> sold.
>
> Moreover, there is in prototype already such a 
> device -- the Pump-mate,
> developed by James Kubel of Access Solutions (we 
> gave him a Bolotin award
> last year). Take a look at 
> http://www.pump-mate.com to read about it. At 
> one
> time, Medtronics engineers were working with him 
> to perfect the device but
> said engineers are no longer working for 
> Medtronics and it won't give Mr.
> Kubel the time of day anymore. I suspect the 
> reason is exactly the same --
> too costly to develop and get a system certified 
> for the revenue that would
> be generated.
>
> I realize that no one wants to hear/read this 
> but I think we should confront
> reality head-on: this is part of what it means 
> to be a minority (remember,
> we've said from the days of Kenneth Jernigan 
> onward that the blind are a
> minority).
>
> I wish things would change but there's no easy 
> fix.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Diabetes-talk 
> [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of
> Everett Gavel
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 9:19 AM
> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] What About Prodigy 
> Working with Insulin Pumps?
>
> Hi Mike, and all,
>
> I've signed on recently for a Medtronic pump, 
> though the actual name escapes
> me as i write this. Sorry about that. However, 
> despite the beeps and bops it
> makes audibly, it's not, of course, actually 
> accessible as we know
> accessibility.
>
> It comes with it's own glucose meter, and my 
> question (if not more a
> suggestion to the industry) is, what is the 
> likelihood of Prodigy, which
> makes an accessible, talking glucose meter 
> (which I absolutely love),
> working with pump makers to incorporate their 
> prodigy meter to work with
> pumps instead of these inaccessible models now 
> being used?
>
> Just an idea to throw out there, I guess.
>
>
> Strive On!
> Everett
>
>
>
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