2009 DiabetesMineTM Design Challenge

Online Tool for Calculating Insulin Dosage

Shayne B. (Age 10) Edmonton Alberta:

• People treating
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes two years
ago. I use math every day to decide how
diabetes with insulin
much insulin I need and how much food I
can eat for my meals….
need to do a lot of
I have to test my blood sugars at least four times math to find the right
every day. If my blood is not in the range of
3.5 to 15, then I have to either eat or have dose.
extra insulin. I have to use math to
determine if I need to do something.
I have to have three snacks and three meals
each day. I need to measure the amount of
carbohydrates in each. I have to read the • The effectiveness of
package and add the carbohydrates
together until I get the desired amount for an individual’s
each snack or meal. I have to use math to
calculate the amount of carbohydrates per treatment can hinge
portion and add these portions together to
get the right total. upon their reading
I really do use a lot of math in my life. Without
knowing math, I wouldn't be able to live life
and math skills.
as well as I can now.
Source: http://tinyurl.com/math-for-diabetes

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 2009 DiabetesMineTM Design Challenge
Online Tool for Calculating Insulin Dosage

• Tools to help with the

math are available,
but are often
something else to
have to carry.

• Along with all that

other stuff diabetes
patients already have
to carry to treat
themselves!
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 2009 DiabetesMineTM Design Challenge
Online Tool for Calculating Insulin Dosage

• What If
– You didn’t need a
dedicated device to help
calculate your insulin
dosage?

– You could calculate your

needed insulin dosage with
a tool you get through any
device capable of
accessing the Internet?

– You could take a proof of

concept prototype of that
tool for a test drive today?
http://tinyurl.com/insulin-dosage-tool

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 2009 DiabetesMineTM Design Challenge
Online Tool for Calculating Insulin Dosage

• Makes it easy to do the math needed to find the

right amount of insulin anywhere in the world the
Internet can be accessed.

• Access through increasingly popular mobile

Internet access devices saves hassle of having
to carry additional items to help do the math.

• Improves quality of life for diabetes patients!

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