How An Insulin Patch Works 🤔

[DrowsyDanny]

"Finally, some insulin lore."

[bachiryacine]

The people who invented and programmed this are amazing

[secretagentkay]

“Painlessly”

Dude sounding like a doctor right now.

[Joel_VP]

Zack's comment section:

1) Zack never runs out of ideas.
2) Zack needs a new comment section.

[prakashsn]

"Painlessly penetrates your skin "
But why tf do I flinch everything I see my sister applying her patch

[tayluhèswift]

“painlessly”

you think it’s painless until it’s actually in.

[kjack-inpe]

"painlessly" man that shit hits like hell

[SussyGuy]

"A needle 'painlessly' penetrates your skin"
"Painlessly"💀

[AlliedBroom]

As a diabetic, needles for these things are FAR from painless. They don’t suck like they used to, but you put it in the wrong spot and your gonna be chanting to yourself “don’t cry don’t cry don’t cry”

Along with that there are others

Notably:

insulin gets released from the pump into subcutaneous tissue, not your bloodstream

The glucose monitor, also known as a CGM, is (for now) a separate piece of hardware

[Numbr]

As someone with type one diabetes I can confirm that it is not painless at all.

Edit: my notification is exploding

[SagesStardust]

my sister has type one diabetes and said, “that shii isn’t painless when you first put one on at 12 years old” 😭😭

[Dana_Scully]

So, uh, Type 1 diabetic on an Omnipod insulin pump here. Feel free to correct me if there’s another pump out there that actually does this, but the pump and the thing that monitors your blood glucose are actually two separate devices. Yes, they can talk to each other, and the pump can base its insulin delivery on what the cgm (continuous glucose monitor) says, but they’re not the same thing. Also, the insulin doesn’t go into your blood stream like it’s shown in the video. It goes into the fat below your skin to be absorbed into the body.

[Duckertheduck]

"Painlessly" is an understatement

[兀]

the insulin patch looks like a tub of mcdonalds ketchup 💀

[Not_Clowny]

"Zack be branding insulin patch now" 💀

[YouCanCallMeUsername]

“Inside the patch, there is a container full of insulin” thanks for the information Zack

[granted_access]

Thank you for covering insulin pods! I am a type 1 diabetic and learning how this device has been managing my life for two years was fun! 🤩

[Tyceroni]

The insulin patch does not monitor glucose levels on its own it will need to be connected to something like a dexcom

[gdzllafan]

Type 1 diabetic here, I've got an Omnipod myself, and it's really interesting to see the inner workings! Nice work man

[UltraSM]

I have type one diabetes and I always wanted to know how it works, but we don’t use needles we use canulas with the type I use, thank you a lot!