New device for diabetics ensures that patients miss fewer insulin doses

A new device known as OneTouch is an on-demand insulin delivery system in development that helps diabetics discreetly with their treatment.

 While syringes, pens, insulin pumps and jet injectors have given diabetics options for their insulin delivery for many years now, a new device called OneTouch Via could change the game.

People with type 1 and type 2 diabetes who used the new OneTouch Via mealtime, on-demand insulin delivery system reported they missed fewer doses and felt less stress about dosing compared to multiple daily injections, according to research presented by Calibra Medical, Inc., one of the Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Care Companies, at the annual American Diabetes Association (ADA) conference.


Results of the Market Acceptance Evaluation (MAE) study also demonstrated that physicians were more likely to recommend the innovative insulin delivery device to patients who are not at A1C goals or who are new to rapid-acting insulin (RAI) therapy.

The new OneTouch Via is a wearable, on-demand insulin delivery system in development that allows patients to discreetly deliver rapid-acting, or bolus, insulin at mealtimes by simply pressing two buttons on the device, accessible even through clothing. The thin, water-resistant patch can be worn continuously for up to three days, providing injection-free delivery of insulin when needed.

‘People with diabetes can often feel embarrassment or discomfort when they need to inject insulin at mealtimes or when snacking. In a social situation, they may choose to miss a dose so they don’t have to take themselves out of the moment, but avoiding needed insulin doses may lead to serious health complications over time,’ said Dr. Brian Levy. 

Levy added, ‘Because patients in the study were empowered to dose discreetly with the OneTouch Via, they felt encouraged to dose more often – and ultimately, they reported missing fewer doses and better adherence to their treatment regimen.’

The healthcare professionals who assisted with the study noted that they preferred the OneTouch Via over both insulin pens and syringes (75 % and 100 %, respectively) and would be likely to recommend it to their patients. The doctors also reported that they would start patients on mealtime insulin earlier because of the ease of use of the OneTouch Via patch. The study appears in American Diabetes Association (ADA) Conference.

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Diabetes Patients Could Replace Insulin Injections with Smart Insulin Patches

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have developed a new game plan for diabetes patients that would help them better control their blood sugar, improve quality of life and generally lower complications that usually come with the disease.

According to their report, seven behaviors could be monitored in order to get started on a healthy lifestyle in spite of the burden that diabetes can bring.

Therefore, keeping tabs on these is expected to significantly improve the patient’s life: regular physical activity, healthy diet, monitoring blood sugar, following the medication treatment as prescribed, developing coping skills, as well as good problem-solving skills, and working on the risk-reduction behavior.
Development coordinator of the Diabetes Program, Gina Gavlak encourages patients to come up with their own game plan based on the seven-behaviors model. They should adapt their goals according to their unique needs and include their hobbies. The plan should then be displayed somewhere visible to serve as a reminder.
Besides offering an achievable game plan, scientists have more good news for diabetes patients: smart insulin patches that can monitor blood sugar levels. Depending on the results, the patch can secrete doses of insulin directly into the bloodstream, thus replacing the painful injections part of the daily routine for a lot of diabetics.

The patch is the combined work of researchers from the NC State University and the University of North Carolina; the surface of the penny-sized patch is covered in tiny needles –close to a hundred – so tiny they could be mistaken for eyelashes.

Results published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences are based on testing the painless patch on mice suffering from type-1 diabetes. It turned out that the blood glucose was lowered and maintained at a healthy level for up to nine hours.

Leading co-author of the study, Zhen Gu, professor of biomedical engineering in the Joint UNC/NC State Department, says the “smart” patch benefits from its own system that can be personalized for each patient: input their weight and sensitivity to insulin, and the patch acts accordingly.

During lab experiments, scientists came up with a material that can sense sugar levels and release insulin when needed, and they incorporated it into the tiny needles. Afterwards, researchers created a painless version of a bed of nails by attaching more than one hundred of these micro-needles on a sleek silicon strip.

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