Artificial pancreas (disambiguation)
Artificial pancreas may refer to any of the various technologies that seek to replicate the endocrine functions of the pancreas.[note 1] It may refer to:
- Automated insulin delivery systems. This is the most common meaning of "artificial pancreas" as diabetes mellitus is the most common disease of pancreatic dysfunction
- Pancreatic islet cell replacement technologies, including those designed to eliminate the requirement for immunosuppression in patients who receive islet cell transplants
- Automated glucose clamps
- Ambulatory multi-hormone pumps that deliver multiple pancreatic hormones
Notes
- The term is ambiguous and is used primarily in marketing materials and non-medical publications.
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