Blood glucose regulation using an implantable artificial pancreas

Diabetes Mellitus is a widespread chronic disease that affects more than 220 million people worldwide. We have been developing an implantable artificial pancreas that can regulate blood glucose level by delivering appropriate dosage of insulin when necessary. By sensing the blood glucose from and injecting insulin directly into the vein, the implantable device aims to remove delays from subcutaneous blood glucose sensing and insulin delivery. We hypothesize that the blood glucose level can be better modeled, predicted and hence controlled with our implantable solution. Preliminary results show that it could be a clinical viable alternative to pancreas transplant.