Republished with permission of Amy Tenderich of DiabetesMine.com
The Swiss medical device specialists at Debiotech and STMicroelectronics have announced the first "evaluation prototypes" of the unique "highly miniaturized disposable insulin pump" they've been working on for several years. As you can see, it's literally the size of a credit card. I wrote about it last spring, lamenting that these things always take ages to make it to market.
Well, it seems they've "moved a step closer...
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Source: First DataBank
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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