Innovative smartphone-based technology is leading the way in diabetes treatment, offering users a new lease on life through automated insulin delivery.
For Canadians living with type 1 diabetes, life can be a series of ongoing decisions as they manage their condition. An autoimmune disease, type 1 diabetes affects more than 300 000 people in Canada.* Those with the condition cannot produce the necessary insulin needed for cells to function, requiring the delivery of insulin through the use of a pen or wearable pump. These are effective solutions, but necessitate constant manual monitoring.
For over 40 years, Swiss organization mylife Diabetescare has been invested in making diabetes management easier for those living with the disease, more recently exploring how technology can play a role in the management of type 1 diabetes. Diabetes isn’t a condition that comes and goes; it’s a disease that must be managed at all times, and the organization’s recent focus has helped identify innovative options that allow users to manage their condition without the associated mental toll of repeated manual checks.
Diabetes management at your fingertips
The mylife Loop is diabetes management at the tip of a user’s fingers, literally. The product combines the use of the mylife YpsoPump insulin pump, CamAPS FX mobile application and Dexcom G6 a Continuous Glucose Monitoring system to create an automated insulin delivery system that can be managed easily through a smartphone.
A personalized, adaptive monitoring solution, the smartphone-based algorithm helps users take their mind off their condition by doing the thinking for them, adjusting insulin delivery through the pump every eight to twelve minutes. Based on the sensor readings, the app can adjust insulin delivery while constantly adapting to individual needs on a day-by-day, activity-by-activity basis.
Many living with diabetes find participating in activities like sports or even just physical activity particularly complicated due to changing and uncertain insulin needs. This level of adaptive monitoring gives those with type 1 diabetes the chance to enjoy life without the weight of the unknown. Automated insulin delivery products like the mylife Loop make active living more accessible by learning and predicting insulin needs during and throughout physical activity.
Diabetes management without the lifestyle costs
Montrealer Christina Muchandani praises mylife Loop for helping her continue to enjoy an active lifestyle, despite her diagnosis. Christina was an adult when diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and worried she would need to sacrifice movement for the sake of her insulin management. By using mylife Loop, Christina has been able to continue to enjoy hobbies like hiking and kayaking, with the algorithm simply adjusting based on her insulin needs and metabolic changes. “Diabetes is like an invisible backpack full of just-in-case. With mylife Loop, it’s lighter,” she says.
She encourages Canadians with type 1 diabetes to choose technology that will keep up with them, instead of slowing them down. Algorithm-based therapy is the future of diabetes treatment, and that future is bright.
To learn more about mylife Diabetescare or the mylife Loop visit mylife-diabetescare.com.
