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Originally Posted by shyra1353
I dont know anyone else on chiefdelphi who is diabetic ( i have been for 8 years) but for anyone who is or anyone who knows someone who has diabetes, this is kind of an interesting fact ... Dean Kamen invented the first insulin pump called the AutoSyringe ... and later sold the idea for it to Baxter
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Not quite. He invented the first
portable insulin pump. He shrunk it from a cabinet sized machine in a hospital to a portable size. I think it was fannypack sized, but am not sure what size his first portable itteration was.
He has consistantly shown a love of mobility.
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11-12-2003, 21:28
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