Patents Assigned to Societe d'Applications des Techniques Photoniques
  • Artificial pancreas
    Patent number: 5109866
    Abstract: The artificial pancreas comprises a unit for automatic and periodical withdrawal of blood samples from the body of a patient (M), a unit for measuring the glycemia of this sample, a unit (8) for injecting insulin or glucose, and a unit (U) for calculation and data processing in order to determine the amount of insulin or glucose which is to be administered to the patient as a function of the glucose level measured by the measurement unit, and to control consequently the injection unit (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: Societe d'Applications des Techniques Photoniques
    Inventors: Alain Guegan, Jules Gy, Jean-Pierre Hespel, Philippe Rouyer