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=What is an insulin pump?=



**Introduction and Definition**
  An Insulin Pump is a machine that delivers certain amounts of //INSULIN//, a hormone that helps muscles receive glucose (a type of sugar ), just under the skin. Insulin is required for the treatment of people who have the medical condition of type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes. Without Insulin many people with Diabetes would go blind, lose limbs <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">and quite often die. There are many ways to deliver the <span style="color: rgb(255,0,255);">insulin to people with <span style="color: rgb(255,0,255);">diabetes, such as <span style="color: rgb(128,0,0);">needles <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">and nasal sprays, <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">but the most recent invention in <span style="color: rgb(255,0,255);">insulin delivery is the <span style="color: rgb(255,0,255);">insulin pump.

Functions and Features
Insulin pump functions and features are much improved on simple injections. As the insulin is delivered from a reservoir through tubing to a subcutaneous cannula, the number of times a diabetic is stabbed is reduced. For example, if you were having needles over 6 days you would be stabbed 30 times; when using a pump this is only 2 times.

The insulin flow is more natural using a pump. With a pump, a small amount of insulin is delivered all the time as a basal dose, just like what happens with normal pancreas. When you eat you need to add in a bolus dose of insulin matched to the amount and type of carbohydrates there are in the meal. This happens automatically if your pancreas works. If you have diabetes and are using needles then you need to have a certain amount of food at a specific time to match the dose of insulin injected. This is really hard for kids and totally boring. You can't just decide to eat something else as someone is having a party or to sleep in and skip a meal - you have to stick to the eating plan and timetable. Pumps are a blessing and improve the quality of life -especially for kids with diabetes.

here is a basic list of functions & features :

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 * Alarm clock
 * Editable, Reviewable basal, language, time and date, alarm types & bolus calculator setings
 * Sensors capable of detecting b.s.l.'s
 * Refillable and suspendable resivoure
 * Vibrations
 * Splash proof
 * Lightable background
 * Reveiwable actions
 * Tempory basals
 * Remote controlable
 * birthday alarms
 * Selftestable
 * blockable

Sequence of innovation
History of insulin http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.minimed.com%2Fabout%2Fhistory.html&ei=jakTSq6jDcaGkQX_6YWJDw&usg=AFQjCNEnaG9cM0PgqwPhSfTd-iFdxmC29Q&sig2=pvtBwI-fMLiKphk6oFXf4A



http://www.facts-about-diabetes.com/the-history-of-the-insulin-pump.html From the earlier PDF you should know of the evolution or timeline of insulin. Now the first ever pump was made in the 1960's and was rather like a backpack giving the name "<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">the big blue brick " and was shockingly expensive, sadly having almost no settings <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">the big blue brick was almost a danger, but like some creations from Apple, it's innovations kept on getting smaller and smaller and getting more and more functions but unlike the Apple creations which go up with each innovation, the prices almost stayed the same. Nowadays pumps have bolus calculators, alarm clocks, language settings, <span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">sensors capable of reading B.S.L.'s, basal settings as well as compatibility with computers which can give an insight upon the pump settings. These new settings can enable the life of diabetic to be easier. but of course there is always room for improvement. I myself would recommend a more improved sensor that instead of measuring interstitial fluid it measures the actual blood itself as well as a wired or improved wireless connection to the pump.

Conclusion
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<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">I am Diabetic and I have to have Insulin supplied artificially and I couldn't live without it. Now there were and are many ways to do this and my family has chosen to keep up with the times and equipped me with an Insulin Pump.
 * ** Bibliography ** ||
 * wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin_pump ||
 * | About.com http://diabetes.about.com/od/equipmentandbreakthroughs/p/insulinpumps.htm ||
 * Dr Maheux's hisory of insulin [[file:Dr Pierre Maheux -The evolving story of Insulin delivery.pdf] ||||**Colour code** <span style="color: rgb(0,0,255);">blue - for conjunctions<span style="color: rgb(0,128,0);">green - topic sentence<span style="color: rgb(255,0,255);">pink - technical terms related to the invention and its innovations.<span style="color: rgb(255,122,0);">orange - a variation of words showing cause and effect, comparisons and contrasting. <span style="color: rgb(128,0,0);">brown - generic terms<span style="color: rgb(128,0,128);">purple - timeless present tense and past tense as appropriate<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">red - extended noun groups of at least four words – at least five in the text[[file:t2.pdf]]

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=Invention timeline=