FDA approves app that controls insuline intake

Nowadays, Technology is widely used in the field of Health, as well as in many other different aspects of our lives. Following a series of approvals by the competent authorities and with particular caution when it comes to human lives, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of a smartphone app - the first of its kind - that helps administer insulin. Diabetes is a chronic disease that can be fatal, because many times its complications may not appear until it is too late.

Representatives of the company Tandem Diabetes Care, which has developed the application t: connect mobile app, say that in combination with the insulin pump t: slim X2TM, users can control the administration of insulin before a meal. Very convenient and discreet, they have the ability to operate the insulin pump remotely and activate it, whether they have an iPhone or an Android device. This interoperable app can also help users cancel or schedule insulin levels during a meal, thus keeping their blood glucose levels stable.

Tandem Diabetes Care, from 2020 has at least 200,000 customers, which is now expected to increase significantly after the official approval of the application. May this contribute to an even better quality of life for diabetics and save many lives - in the United States alone, the number of diabetes-related deaths has exceeded 100,000 a year in the last two years.