EP 48: Designing a DIY Artificial Pancreas | Dana Lewis

After building her own DIY “artificial pancreas,” Dana Lewis helped
found the open source artificial pancreas movement (known as
“OpenAPS”), making safe and effective artificial pancreas
technology available (sooner) for people with diabetes around the
world. She authored the book, "Automated Insulin Delivery: How
artificial pancreas “closed loop” systems can aid you in living
with diabetes", to help more people understand automated insulin
delivery systems, in addition to a series of children's books such
as "Understanding Automated Insulin Delivery: A basic book for
kids, family, and friends of people living with diabetes", which is
also available as a free animated video. She is currently
researching numerous diabetes-related data science and open source
artificial pancreas system projects. Bon talks with Dana about why
she designed an “artificial pancreas”, patients as the experts, and
how we can reduce stigma among people living with chronic diseases.