CONGRATS: Lots of people came up with six companies, but Sandy Schwartz of Memphis, TN, USA was the first!
=>Last month: We asked you to come up with the names of SIX current insulin pump manufacturers..
ANSWER:
The complete list includes:
- BetaBionics (American company, maker of the iLet pump)
- Insulet (American company, maker of the Omnipod)?
- Minimed (American company, maker of the 780G pump)?
- Roche (German company, maker of Accu-Chek Solo and Insight insulin pumps)
- Sequel (American company, maker of the Twiist pump)
- SOOIL Development (Korean company, maker of the Dana pump)
- Tandem (American company, maker of the t:slim and Mobi pumps)?
- ViCentra (Dutch company, maker of the Kaleido patch pump)?
- Wuxi Apex Medical (Chinese company, maker of the TruCare insulin pump)
- Ypsomed AG (Swiss company, maker of the YpsoPump)?
THIS MONTH’S NEW TRIVIA QUESTION:
Most diabetes reporting software has a default target range of 70-180 mg/dl (3.8-10 mmol/l) for glucose levels. The low reading makes sense – that’s when hypoglycemic symptoms usually appear.
But why is 180 (10) used as the upper end of the target range?
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