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

Sat Feb 19 20:43:37 UTC 2022

I  want to clarify my comments from yesterday regarding the accessibility of the Tandem T connect app. I am a new Tandem user as of two weeks ago. Tandem actually has two different apps. One is called the tea simulator app and is available for free from the App Store. What this app is is a simulation of what all the screens on the actual pump look like and it’s fully functional so a person with Sight can play around with it as if it is their own personal pump to see what all the features do. However, there is absolutely no voiceover feedback whatsoever. The T connect app which can be downloaded from the App Store for free but you cannot actually set it up until you have your own pump and serial number to enter in and pair the devices. This was the app that I was mentioning yesterday that gives you much of the status information that a sided person would see on the front of the first screen of the pump as well as a little bit of the information inside some of the menus. This app is accessible except for one place in settings where I could not select and deselect options.
Patricia

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> On Feb 19, 2022, at 12:19 PM, gary via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Lets hope so. I am not in the need of insulin pumps as  of yet. As I am type 2 and do well with my pens and I don’t do as  much shots as usual.  
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> Hi,
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> My thoughts exactly. It sounds good at first glance and I’m glad they are letting an app control insulin delivery. However, will they be smart enough to make their app VO or other screen reader accessible.
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> Keeping my fingers crossed on this one.
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> Eileen
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> 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.
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>                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
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> Found this from another list.
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> 9to5Mac - Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 11:50 AM
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> FDA clears the first iPhone app for delivering insulin, rollout starts this spring
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> “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.”
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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. 
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> 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> 
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