Approval of Omnipod 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System 'Exciting'

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The Omnipod 5 automated insulin delivery system is finally FDA approved. I've done a video on Omnipod 5 outcomes. To refresh your memory, it is an automated insulin delivery system that uses the Omnipod pump plus the Dexcom to deliver insulin in an automated fashion.

In the pivotal study for this system, they found an improvement in A1c levels, an improvement in time in range from 65% to 74%, and a reduction in the time below range in people — both children and adults — with type 1 diabetes. Now we have it available for general use. Well, we will soon.

To refresh your memory about the pieces of the system, it starts with the Omnipod pod (which is filled with insulin) which the individual places on their body. Additionally, the individual uses the Dexcom G6, which is used just like the regular Dexcom G6 system, but now it communicates with the pod, and the pod in this system is where the algorithm lives.

These two now talk to each other in order to deliver the basal rates of insulin. The pod is able to give insulin based on the Dexcom readings, and it adjusts how much insulin it gives based on whether the Dexcom readings are going up, staying flat, or going down.