INFUSER: A smart body-worn insulin self-injecting device designed for the diabetic patients in Pakistan.

Abstract

In Pakistan, more than 30 million adult population are diabetic patients. Diabetes is a disease in which the human body organ pancreas produces very little or almost no insulin. This natural hormone is responsible for controlling Glucose level in the blood. There are several ways to combat this. The person can improve this situation by doing regular exercises, taking diet that is rich in fatty acids, continuous consumption of prescribed medications and regularly monitoring of blood glucose level. If none of these works, the instant solution is to inject the insulin in the subcutaneous tissues. This is mostly done using insulin injecting pens and pumps which poses a lot of problems for the patient who requires insulin one to three times a everyday. This paper targets at the existing solutions to the insulin injection, problems they pose during their usage, current trends of medical devices, eventually leading to the final solution in terms of a product that fills the market gap.