"The patient's diabetes will never have to be injected again"

Koops began fifteen years ago with the development of a device allowing people with diabetes to avoid bites, measurements, stones and sprays. The first version consisted of two large cabinets. It then became a shoulder-sized bag and is now a small portable box that the patient can easily carry with him.

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder characterized by too much blood sugar. Because glucose is a form of sugar, it is also called diabetes. The hormone insulin plays a key role in maintaining the amount of glucose in the blood and therefore in diabetes. The pancreas releases insulin into the blood. With this, the blood glucose is regulated. In the case of type 1 diabetes, the pancreas no longer produces insulin.

Glucosemeter

The artificial pancreas connects a pump to a glucometer continuously. It constantly measures the value of the sugar. It sends the pump to deliver the right amount of hormones, insulin and glucagon. The complications decrease sharply because the values ​​remain much more stable. "This is a big relief for the patient with sugar.The box handles everything," says Koops

Over the next three to four months, the artificial pancreas will be tested on 36 patients. The test is intended to verify whether the medical device is safe enough for the patient. As soon as the (positive) result is known, Inreda Diabetic will increase production at Goor. Inreda Diabetic is the company that founded Koops to develop and produce its invention

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"We want to start helping 50 patients a year as of September 2019. According to Koops, in two or three years this figure could reach 1,500 on an annual basis.

When it started to Developing his invention fifteen years ago, he could not have imagined that it would take so much time and feet in the world to have. "You roll from one to the other. But you do not stop, you automatically go to the next step. And what's good is that you can help a lot of people with that. "