Diabetes

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Diabetes

• Feasibility Presentation
• ODU Green Team 2008
• 6 March 2008

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Outline

• Introduction
• Problem Statement
• Characteristics Of Problem
• Complications
• Process Flow
• Proposed Solution
• Market Analysis
• Competitors
• Risks
• Conclusion

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Problem Statement

• Diabetics encounter lifelong challenges managing
  their disease.

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Glucose (Blood Sugar) Testing
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia.
http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages
/18029.htm
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Problem Characteristics

• 1,500,000 new cases are discovered each year.
• 24,000,000 of Americans have some form of
  diabetes
• Diabetes cost the U.S. an estimated
  174,000,000,000 last year alone.
• Insulin drug market will reach 30,000,000,000 by
  2014
• Only 250,000 diabetics use an insulin pump.

American Diabetes Association.
http//www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics.jsp
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Acute Complications

• Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar)?
• Irreversible brain death
• Coma
• Seizure

• Hyperglycemia (High Blood Sugar)?
• Death
• Hyperosmolar coma
• Shock

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Chronic Complications

• Amputation
• Heart Disease
• Diabetic Nephropathy Kidneys
• Diabetic Neuropathy Nerves
• Diabetic Retinopathy Eyes

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Benefits of Stabilized Glucose Levels

• 54 decrease in kidney disease
• 60 decrease in nerve disease
• 76 decrease in eye disease
• Overall well-being

Diabetes Care, volume 31, number 3
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Main Process Flow
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Calculation Process
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Insulin Administration Process
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Monitor Result Process
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Proposed Solution

• Insulin pump that utilizes diabetic management
  software that allows the user to review
  historical data that evaluates lifestyle trends.

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Our solution will

• Make calculating caloric intake easier
• Provide additional features that existing insulin
  pump PDAs lack
• Utilize formulas to learn reactions to meals
• Alert the user of possible danger food
• Provide a searchable personal database of foods
• Recommend proper insulin dosage for meals based
  on past history
• by meal chosen, caloric count, and/or activity
  level
• Show caloric patterns

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Our solution will not

• Cure diabetes
• Change existing insulin delivery methods
• Be affordable without insurance
• Be unbreakable

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Advantages Of Solution

• Easier glucose level mangement
• Better understanding of what foods are safe
• Access to historical data
• categorized into activity types

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Disadvantages Of Solution

• More likely to try new foods not yet discovered
  as a danger food
• Expensive if insurance does not cover the device
• May reduce understanding of condition and
  calculations

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Market Analysis

• Directed towards Type I Diabetics
• Over 400,000 insulin pump users world wide
• An annual growth of 9.5 diabetics that use
  insulin pump
• Predicted cost of solution is approximately five
  thousand dollars
• Average monthly cost for insulin and upkeep is
  four hundred and eighty dollars

American Diabetes Association. http//www.diabetes
.org/diabetes-statistics.jsp
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Competitors
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Risk Overview
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Risk Matrix
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Conclusion

• Regain control of life
• Historical data analysis
• Easier management of insulin distribution

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Resources

• Diabetes Health. http//www.diabeteshealth.com/rea
  d/1999/02/01/1409.html
• Medicinenet. http//www.medicinenet.com/diabetes_m
  ellitus
• TechCrunch. http//www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/14/i
  pod-v-the-insulin-pump-adaptive-path-rises-to-the-
  challenge/
• MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia.
  http//www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages
  /19212.htm
• American Diabetes Association - Insulin Pumps.
  http//www.diabetes.org/type-1-diabetes/insulin-pu
  mps.jsp
• Compare Insulin Pumps. http//www.diabetesnet.com/
  diabetes_technology/insulin_pump_models.php
• Minimed's Paradigm Insulin Pump.
  http//www.minimed.com/products/insulinpumps/
• Deltec's Cozmore Insulin Pump. http//www.cozmore.
  com/default.cfm?CFID6147989CFTOKEN2ffb9fef0b64e
  ad7-7FC5ADEE-3048-568B-BEF4AA6CF0A1CE63jsessionid
  c630e562d73b5537803a

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More Resources

• Animas Insulin Pumphttp//www.animascorp.com/
• Insulet's OmniPod Insulin Pumphttp//www.myomnipo
  d.com/products/
• Disetronic's Spirit Insulin Pumphttp//www.roche.
  com/home.html

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