News Release

For Immediate Release: Sept. 28, 2016
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FDA approves first automated insulin delivery device for type 1 diabetes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Medtronic’s MiniMed 670G hybrid closed looped system, the first FDA-approved device that is intended to automatically monitor glucose (sugar) and provide appropriate basal insulin doses in people 14 years of age and older with type 1 diabetes.