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Type 1 diabetes is a huge
epidemic in the United States.

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There's more than two
and a half million people

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here that are affected
with the disease.

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And unfortunately, most often,
it's affecting young children.

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Diabetes is all
about optimization

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of blood sugar levels, keeping
them within a certain range.

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That requires pretty difficult
mathematical calculation

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of the exact dosing of insulin.

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And this is exactly what the
so-called artificial pancreas

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aims to automate.

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The artificial pancreas
really is a system

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that listens to a
patient's blood sugar,

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just like your pancreas
does, and tries

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to predict and anticipate
what may happen next.

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But the key element
for this technology

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is this little
mathematical brain

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that directs insulin
delivery and controls

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the diabetes of a person.

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For a patient, they would wear
their normal continuous blood

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glucose monitor.

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They would wear
their insulin pump.

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And then, they would
use a mobile phone.

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And that is what is
listening to those devices.

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So for them, it truly is
just any other application

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on their phone.

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We did start up a company
named [INAUDIBLE] Technologies.

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What we are providing
is the means

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to automate the control of
diabetes to make it optimal,

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to avoid complications,
to avoid scary situations.

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We're trying to help reduce
the mental burden as well

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as the activity burden
for the individual.

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We have the opportunity to use
some of this amazing technology

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that came from UVA.

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And for us, it's
about making sure

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that we live up
to that obligation

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and get it out there.

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People are testing the system.

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And they getting used
to it reasonably fast.

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There's no more
question about if.

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It's just a function of when.

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Very soon, there will
be a smartphone app

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that will take care
of someone's diabetes.

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This will change our lives.

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