This is interesting. The OmniPod 5 system was approved about one week earlier. It will be on both iOS and Android as well. Ed
> On Feb 23, 2022, at 10:01 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Article text follows link: > > FDA clears the first iPhone app for delivering insulin, rollout starts this > spring > Chance Miller > - Feb. 17th 2022 8:44 am PT > @ChanceHMiller > from: > https://9to5mac.com/2022/02/17/fda-clears-the-first-iphone-app-for-delivering-insulin-rollout-starts-this-spring/ > > <https://9to5mac.com/2022/02/17/fda-clears-the-first-iphone-app-for-delivering-insulin-rollout-starts-this-spring/> > > The Food and Drug Administration has cleared what is described as the > first-ever smartphone application capable of initiating insulin delivery on > both iOS and Android operating systems. The system here comes from Tandem > Diabetes Care, and the application ties in to the company’s t:slim X2 insulin > pump. > > Prior to this approval from the FDA, delivery of insulin had to be handed > through the pump itself. This change, however, means that users will be able > to “program or cancel bolus doses of insulin” using the app for iPhone and > Android devices, according to The Verge. Previously, the app could be used > for monitoring trends and historical data, but not for initiating the > delivery of insulin. > > “This FDA clearance further validates our commitment to > innovation and the diabetes community by providing one of the most requested > feature enhancements,” said John Sheridan, president and CEO of Tandem > Diabetes Care. “With the improvements in diabetes management provided by > Tandem’s Control-IQ technology, giving a meal bolus is now the most common > reason a person interacts with their pump, and the ability to do so using a > smartphone app offers a convenient and discrete solution.” > > Tandem Diabetes Care says that it will make this feature available to > existing users at no additional cost. The feature will begin rolling out this > spring with a series of “limited launch groups,” with a full launch later in > the summer. > > When released, this new feature will be offered in the United > States for no additional cost to new t:slim X2 insulin pump customers and to > in-warranty customers through a remote software update for the t:slim X2 > insulin pump and the updated t:connect mobile app. The Company intends to > roll out the mobile bolus feature update throughout the spring in a series of > limited launch groups, followed by an expanded launch later this summer. > Limited launch participants have already been selected. > > This approval from the Food and Drug Administration comes as Apple itself is > said to be investigating potential diabetes treatment technology for the > Apple Watch. While Apple’s roadmap in this area is ambitious, more recent > reports have said that the company has hit multiple roadblocks. One report in > 2017 indicated that Tim Cook had been seen actively wearing a glucose tracker > prototype on his body around Apple’s campus. > > You can learn more about today’s announcement in Tandem Diabetes Care’s full > press release right here: > https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_164563539254310&key=c1c7d488bb2df8a8b659d5d41634d304&libId=kzzspcqg010023dg000DLp7uaifyz8oek&loc=https%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2F2022%2F02%2F17%2Ffda-clears-the-first-iphone-app-for-delivering-insulin-rollout-starts-this-spring%2F&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Finvestor.tandemdiabetes.com%2Fnews-releases%2Fnews-release-details%2Ftandem-diabetes-care-announces-fda-clearance-tslim-x2-insulin-0&title=FDA%20clears%20the%20first%20iPhone%20app%20for%20delivering%20insulin%2C%20rollout%20starts%20this%20spring%20-%209to5Mac&txt=full%20press%20release%20right%20here > > <https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go&jsonp=vglnk_164563539254310&key=c1c7d488bb2df8a8b659d5d41634d304&libId=kzzspcqg010023dg000DLp7uaifyz8oek&loc=https%3A%2F%2F9to5mac.com%2F2022%2F02%2F17%2Ffda-clears-the-first-iphone-app-for-delivering-insulin-rollout-starts-this-spring%2F&v=1&out=https%3A%2F%2Finvestor.tandemdiabetes.com%2Fnews-releases%2Fnews-release-details%2Ftandem-diabetes-care-announces-fda-clearance-tslim-x2-insulin-0&title=FDA%20clears%20the%20first%20iPhone%20app%20for%20delivering%20insulin%2C%20rollout%20starts%20this%20spring%20-%209to5Mac&txt=full%20press%20release%20right%20here>. > > > > Richard > > > My web site; https://www.turner42.com/ <https://www.turner42.com/> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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