Abbott at the moment introduced the discharge of a brand new model of its standard FreeStyle Libre 2 sensor that may combine with the t:slim X2 insulin pump, forming a “closed loop” automated insulin supply system. For the primary time, insulin pump customers will have the ability to use a FreeStyle Libre sensor to mechanically choose and modify insulin doses, increasing the choices for individuals with diabetes to make use of probably the most superior blood sugar administration know-how but developed.
The brand new sensor is called the FreeStyle Libre 2 Plus, and it’s the first sensor from the FreeStyle Libre household of steady glucose displays (CGMs) that’s prepared to be used in a closed-loop system. It may additionally instantly change into one of many extra inexpensive “looping” choices in the marketplace — Libre CGM sensors are usually priced decrease than the choices from competitor Dexcom.
The FreeStyle Libre 2 Plus is a brand new and improved model of Abbott’s standard FreeStyle Libre 2 CGM sensor. This sensor mechanically supplies a brand new blood glucose measurement each minute (no extra “scanning”) and boasts an industry-leading put on time of 15 days.
Linking up with the Tandem t:slim X2 insulin pump, the brand new “hybrid closed loop system” will make the most of Tandem’s standard Management-IQ algorithm, which makes use of blood sugar measurements to foretell how a lot insulin a person requires. The Management-IQ system communicates between the CGM sensor and Tandem’s t:slim X2 insulin pump, mechanically deciding when to offer roughly insulin in an effort to maintain a person’s blood sugar in a wholesome vary as usually as doable. Management-IQ can modify insulin charges each 5 minutes and droop insulin supply or ship correction boluses to keep away from hypo- and hyperglycemia. (To get the perfect outcomes, customers nonetheless have to make handbook changes to insulin supply charges to account for meals and elements resembling train.)
Customers of the FreeStyle Libre 3 system, which has the smallest sensors in the marketplace, will nonetheless have to attend to sync up their CGM with an insulin pump. An Abbott spokesman may solely affirm that the corporate was working with Tandem to combine the Libre 3 with the t:slim X2 “as quickly as doable.”
In a matter of weeks, the looping choices for individuals with diabetes have drastically expanded. Abbott’s greatest competitor, Dexcom, not too long ago introduced that its personal next-gen G7 sensor can now combine with two insulin pumps, the t:slim X2 and the iLet.
Tandem customers will have the ability to add FreeStyle Libre 2 Plus sensor integration totally free; all it takes is downloading a software program replace, and all new clients can have the mixing mechanically enabled.
Your native pharmacy, nevertheless, might not have FreeStyle Libre 2 Plus sensors in inventory. Abbott asks potential clients to name their buyer care staff (1-844-330-5535) to obtain an inventory of sturdy medical tools (DME) suppliers who can have the brand new sensors in inventory.
