Essays about: "Insulin Pump"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Insulin Pump.

  1. 1. Insulin pumps and the health of Type 1 Diabetes patients

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Oskar Hellquist; [2023]
    Keywords : Insulin Therapy; Health Economics; Diabetes; Insulin Pump;

    Abstract : Approximately 5 percent of the Swedish population is diagnosed with either type 1 or type 2 diabetes. A growing treatment method for type 1 patients is to supply the body with insulin using a pump. READ MORE

  3. 2. Blood-glucose prediction : Comparing insulin treatment methods

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Henrik Kultala; Simon Persson; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Type 1 diabetes requires its patients to inject artificial insulin in their bodies to control their blood-glucose levels. This can to some extent be automated through the use of insulin pumps and continuous blood-glucose monitoring systems, enabling automatic insulin injections and automatic blood-glucose measurements. READ MORE

  4. 3. Evaluating APS Ecosystem Security : Novel IoT Enabled Medical Platform for Diabetes Patients

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Batuhan Ceylan; [2020]
    Keywords : security; medical device; penetration testing; web application; IoT; säkerhet; medicinsk IoT; penetrationstest; webbapplikation;

    Abstract : Computing technology has been getting more reliable and cheaper every year for the past several decades. Consequently, IoT devices have now become a part of medical technology. One example of this is a new open-source technology that has emerged for type-1 diabetes patients, which regulates the patients’ blood glucose levels. READ MORE

  5. 4. Adipocytes from SERCA2 knockout mice exhibit a dysregulation in the secretion of adiponectin and resistin

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Divya Bansal; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Obesity leading to Type-2-diabetes is a major health issue all over the world. Obesity characterized by expansion of adipose tissue, in particular white adipose tissue (WAT) which controls the metabolic physiology in the body by secreting proteins like adiponectin and resistin. READ MORE

  6. 5. Compensation to Automate an External Glucose Level Management System for Diabetes Type 1 : Artificial Pancreas

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper

    Author : Sebastian Trygg; [2016]
    Keywords : Artificial pancreas CGM glucose diabetes type 1;

    Abstract : This report takes an approach of laying the first steps to create an artificial pancreassystem as treatment for type 1 diabetes. This includes a thoroughly performedanalysis of the most intrusive physical factors, such as hormonal activity, time offset,errors of measurement and metabolism. Such factors raise a need forcompensation. READ MORE