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DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1014733
Development of Individual Insulin Infusion Profiles for Open Loop Infusion Systems
Supported by the German BMFT (Dismed 13)This work contains part of the doctoral thesis of T. StrackPublication History
1982
1983
Publication Date:
14 March 2008 (online)
Summary
A computer controlled syringe-type insulin infusion pump storing up to 254 different infusion rates, eight different meal programs and two different basal rates automatically changeable during 24 h in EPROM was used for insulin infusion applying a wavy step profile. This profile approaching the physiological postprandial insulin secretion of the B-cell was calculated by an algorithm following the biphasic insulin secretion model proposed by E. Cerasi.
The computer program for the open loop infusion device simulated the feed-back structure of a closed loop insulin secretion control by an algorithm based upon a theoretical postprandial blood sugar profile.
Fifteen unstable juvenile onset insulin requiring diabetics could be well controlled after two to three days of an intravenous open loop insulin infusion program. The programs consisted of two constant basal rates and superimposed wavy step profile programs activated at the beginning of each meal.
The preabsorptive bolus or cephalic phase was an additional tool both for improved postprandial blood sugar control and further reduction of insulin consumption.
The programmable insulin infusion device proved as a valuable tool for the study of a sophisticated insulin infusion profile suitable as well for open loop as for closed loop insulin infusion systems.
Key-Words:
Preprogrammed Insulin Infusion - Algorithms for Insulin Infusion Profiles - Intravenous Insulin Therapy - Artificial Pancreas - Unstable Type-I-Diabetics - Open-Loop Diabetes Control