A Survey of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes—Part I: Therapies and Devices : Figure 1

]>A Survey of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes—Part I: Therapies and Devices : Figure 1

Figure 1: An example of insulin pump that integrates a blood glucose sensor [21]. Patient’s blood is sampled from the tip of his/her finger, and from the direct measurements of a blood glucose sensor, the amount of the short-acting insulin is adjusted and continuously delivered into the human body.