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Sean Saint

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Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

Again, learning and adapting to you.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

That's an extra level of automation that traditional pumps don't provide.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

So with diabetes, we talk about the concept of N of one, everybody's there N of one.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

And what it really means is that you have to ask that question to each and every individual person who uses the islet.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

But I'll answer for myself.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

For me, counting carbs is a skill that even as bad as I am, I have at some level.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

So that one for me is fine.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

For me, a much larger benefit is the concept of not

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

really needed to do anything else.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

Traditionally, with automated insulin delivery systems, you're gonna eat, you're gonna monitor your blood sugar, two, three hours later, you look at it, you're a little high, that's very typical, and you're gonna need to deliver additional insulin.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

We call that correction insulin.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

We tell the pump to do it, it gives you the insulin.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

In the case of the islet, not only do you not need to do that, but in fact, you cannot do that.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

And the reason is that we've done it for you.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

We've looked at your blood sugar, we've reacted to it, there's nothing to do.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

We've also combed through our real-world evidence data and found that there is a large cross-section of our users who choose not to announce meals at all.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

And the outcomes with that has been also quite impressive.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

I've tried it myself, and that's the way I tend to use the product these days, generally, as I call very few meals.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

So the point of the product has always been to reduce the burden of living with T1, and it really does that for me.

Vanguards of Health Care by Bloomberg Intelligence
Beta Bionics Does the Work to Reduce Insulin Pump Burden

I think more than not so much enjoy the fact is probably accurate.