[Diabetes-Talk] FW: [tech-vi Announce List] FDA clears the first iPhone app for delivering insulin, rollout starts this spring

[d m gina]

Would this app also roll with all of the new phones that would come out 
each year as well?
Some apps don't do so well.
Dar
Original message:
> Thanks Milton!  I wonder if they have made it so that Voice Over can 
> read it.  The current Tandem app is all graphics, so we are out of luck 
> for using it.  I also wonder if the app would allow more than just 
> insulin delivery, so that accessing the entire pump via our phones 
> would be possible.  I'm waiting to hear whether Insulet has added the 
> voice accessibility to their Android device that runs the Omnipod and 
> Dexcom, since they are so, so close to making an accessible system for us.

>                                 Jamie


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> Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] FW: [tech-vi Announce List] FDA clears the 
> first iPhone app for delivering insulin, rollout starts this spring

> Found this from another list.





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> delivering insulin, rollout starts this spring



> 9to5Mac - Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 11:50 AM


> FDA clears the first iPhone app for delivering insulin, rollout starts 
> this spring




> The Food and Drug Administration has cleared what is described as the 
> first-ever smartphone application capable of initiating insulin 
> delivery on both iOS and Android operating systems. The system here 
> comes from Tandem Diabetes Care, and the application ties in to the 
> company’s t:slim X2 insulin pump.

> Prior to this approval from the FDA, delivery of insulin had to be 
> handed through the pump itself. This change, however, means that users 
> will be able to “program or cancel bolus doses of insulin” using the 
> app for iPhone and Android devices, according to The Verge 
> <https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/17/22938844/fda-insulin-delivery-smartphone-app-tandem?scrolla=5eb6d68b7fedc32c19ef33b4> 
> . Previously, the app could be used for monitoring trends and 
> historical data, but not for initiating the delivery of insulin.

> “This FDA clearance further validates our commitment to innovation and 
> the diabetes community by providing one of the most requested feature 
> enhancements,” said John Sheridan, president and CEO of Tandem Diabetes 
> Care. “With the improvements in diabetes management provided by 
> Tandem’s Control-IQ technology, giving a meal bolus is now the most 
> common reason a person interacts with their pump, and the ability to do 
> so using a smartphone app offers a convenient and discrete solution.”

> Tandem Diabetes Care says that it will make this feature available to 
> existing users at no additional cost. The feature will begin rolling 
> out this spring with a series of “limited launch groups,” with a full 
> launch later in the summer.

> When released, this new feature will be offered in the United States 
> for no additional cost to new t:slim X2 insulin pump customers and to 
> in-warranty customers through a remote software update for the t:slim 
> X2 insulin pump and the updated t:connect mobile app. The Company 
> intends to roll out the mobile bolus feature update throughout the 
> spring in a series of limited launch groups, followed by an expanded 
> launch later this summer. Limited launch participants have already been 
> selected.

> This approval from the Food and Drug Administration comes as Apple 
> itself is said to be investigating potential diabetes treatment 
> technology for the Apple Watch. While Apple’s roadmap in this area is 
> ambitious, more recent reports have said that the company has hit 
> multiple roadblocks 
> <https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/01/apple-watch-blood-pressure-temperature-more/> 
> . One report in 2017 indicated that Tim Cook had been seen 
> <https://9to5mac.com/2017/05/18/report-tim-cook-testing-wearable-blood-sugar-tracker-on-apples-campus-connected-to-apple-watch/> 
> actively wearing a glucose tracker prototype on his body around Apple’s campus.

> You can learn more about today’s announcement in Tandem Diabetes Care’s 
> full press release right here. 
> <https://investor.tandemdiabetes.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tandem-diabetes-care-announces-fda-clearance-tslim-x2-insulin-0>

>   _____

> https://9to5mac.com/2022/02/17/fda-clears-the-first-iphone-app-for-delivering-insulin-rollout-starts-this-spring/



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