[Diabetes-Talk] Medtronic 770G

[Patricia Maddix]

Just wanted to add a bit to this discussion on the Medtronic 770 pump with the 780 pump hopefully coming in April. The rep in my local area regularly takes part in the research and development department and as she and I have been in contact for several years she encouraged them to make the new app that is coming out voiceover compatible because of previous discussions we had had in the past.  She said that theShe said that the app coming out November 1 is VoiceOver compatible. I then suggested to her That she suggest to them that they make the actual pump it’s self function like voiceover or talk back and she indicated she would also discuss that with them. We discussed the fact that the app itself does not allow you to actually do things on the pump and she filled me in on some interesting details. She said that was their original plan when they were developing the770 pump and the accompanying app. They really wanted to make it possible for people to control the pump using the app but apparently the FTA has some huge concerns about cyber safety. As if anyone is going to hack into your pump and give you a bolus but there you have it. The FTA is apparently requiring some very stringent safety features to be included to protect the consumer from this kind of problem and Medtronic has not been able to meet all those criteria yet.  At least we don’t have to convince research and development that controlling the pump from the app should be included, they just need to find a way to make it happen that will satisfy FdA

She shared with me all kinds of interesting things that they are working on for the future. One of them is a sensor and infusion site said it is an all in one item and inserted as one unit to be left  in for one week.  The new pump will adjust basal rates as needed as often as every five minutes to keep blood sugars in range. In the near future they are adding developments that will no longer require people to put exact carbohydrates that they plan to eat into the pump but merrily select small medium or large meal and the pump is supposed to be able to compute the correct basal rate.  The new pump will also allow people to mute the alarms on the app and the pump for periods of time when they are in a situation where they do not want to be disturbed such as a meeting or a funeral, etc and they have apparently reduced the frequency of alarms and simplified the effort required to manage the pump.
We are so close with all these pumps but just not quite there yet. Unfortunately my current out of warranty pump has started to act up as the battery will die unexpectedly even when it shows 3/4 full.
Patricia

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> On Oct 12, 2020, at 2:26 PM, Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Yep, this is what I found out from Medtronic itself.
> 
> Bridgit
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> Cc: Veronica Elsea <veronica at laurelcreekmusic.com>
> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Medtronic 770G
> 
> Hi everyone.
> I just came back from my endo appointment and the subject of this Medtronic
> pump came up. She said, there is absolutely no pump control available from
> the iPhone app. And even if there were, if we can't unlock the pump from the
> phone, we're screwed. So it's not time to jump up and down. Yes, it will be
> nice to be able to read status items on the phone. But if we can't do
> anything, no go!
> Just what I was told this morning.
> Veronica
> 
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