This segment is sponsored by Medtronic.
Type one diabetes currently affects 1.6
million adults and 283,000 chil,
including my eldest stepdaughter Ellie.
It can be tough for kids to learn how to
manage the chronic autoimmune condition,
but it's not impossible.
So here to share a new way to hp
people live with the disease is Doctor
Greg Forlenza and his patient I.
Welcome into Great Day, Washing.
Hi there. Good
morning. Thank you for having u.
Good morning. All right, Doctor Forlenza,
just what is type one diabetes?
What goes into managing sugars
for those that are diabetic?
Yeah. So type one diabetes is an
autoimmune condition where the
immune system destroys the cells
in the body that make insulin.
And as a result of that,
people with type one diabetes nd
to take both background insulin
every day and insulin to cover e
sugar in the food that they eat.
So historically,
people with type one diabetes nd
to give either multiple injections of
insulin per day or wear an insun
pump and either do multiple finr
sticks per day or wear a contins
glucose monitor in order to know
where their blood sugars are.
Has a pump and I know just overe
years is he learning to manage ,
learning to live with diabetes.
What is your daily life like?
Well, at first it was stressful
because I was taking shots,
but with the insulin pump I have been able
to do all the things that I love to do,
like hang out with my friends ad
exercise like skiing and swimmi.
And still have that Peace of Mi.
My parents have my blood sugarsn
their phones through an app andy
on my phone I have my blood sugs
through an app and I also use te
mini Med 780 G that gives me insulin.
It's amazing how we can all kind of be
a part of a little community, r?
Keeping track of of everybody.
So I love the technological advances.
Dr. Ferlinza, what sets this
mini Med 780 G system apart?
Yeah. So great question.
My team at Barbara Davis Centers
been researching this system for about
the past four years and we're vy
excited to see it now come to market.
The minute 780 G system is a tyf
system to call an automated insn
delivery where the insulin pumps
listening to the CGM values and using a
computer program in real time to adjust
the insulin delivery every 5 minutes.
And maximize the amount of time
the blood sugar is in target ra.
What we're really excited about with this
technology is that it has very robust
algorithms or programs around m.
Help smooth out blood sugar conl
around meals and help make it so that if
someone miss estimates how much sugar
is in the food that they're eat,
they don't see as high a blood r
and they can spend more time wih
their blood sugar at normal range and
less time worrying about diabet.
Oh, that's amazing.
I know because I know you know s
a diabetic you try so hard to gt
the numbers right and everythin,
but sometimes it just doesn't
happen that way. So yeah,
that that pain point around mea.
What is this addressing?
Is it the sugars and just making
sure those numbers are staying ?
So it's helping around meals to
minimize the high blood sugars
that people are seeing with mea.
And of course it has the the sir
technology to all the our insulin delivery
systems where it helps give very good,
very smooth blood sugar control between meals
with exercise and especially overnight.
And what we're excited to see here is that
in the studies we've done on this system,
the average child using it has
their blood sugar control in the
range that is recommended by the
American Diabetes Association.
And so we're seeing more and moe
of our patients meet that goal,
which helps them feel that,
you know, diabetes is a lot easr
to manage and that they're happr
with how everything is going.
Oh, that's great news.
And Izzy, how is the system in
helping you manage the diabetes?
This system has helped me do ale
things that I wanted that I love to do,
like I said earlier,
but it is also helps me sleep through
the night and I it prevents me m
going too low or too high.
And if I accidentally do miscout
the amount of sugar I'm eating r
accidentally forget to bullis, it helps.
It prevents me from going too h.
Oh that is wonderful news I'm se
gives you such Peace of Mind.
Along with your loved ones thate
that are watching out for you as well.
Dr. Ferlenza Izzy, thank you soy
much for this great information today.
This is this. This warms my hea.
This feels good that we're gettg
those technological advances.
We're excited to share about it.
People that want to learn more about this
system can go to Medtronic Diabetes Calm.
Slash 780 G and I wish you and r
daughter the best on your diabetes journey.
And feel free to reach out if you have any
other questions about technology to help.
Wonderful. Thank you Dr.
Izzy, best wishes to you as well
and once again for you at home.
For more information,
head to Medtronic Diabetes Calm.