Implantable insulin pump
In the Netherlands, around 1,000 people have a form of diabetes that requires them to survive solely with an implantable insulin pump. The implantable DiaLin, which is being developed, is a matter of life and death for these individuals.
Moreover, statistics show that a large group of patients would have a better quality of life if they could use this newly developed, revolutionary pump. Currently, they lead lives filled with hospital admissions and significant dependency, which ultimately costs much more.
Crowdfunding
Through crowdfunding, efforts are being made to raise enough money to design and prepare the DiaLin for testing. An amount of approximately 1.5 million euros is needed for this.
The costs can be kept relatively low because the employees of IPaDiC working on this project do not receive a fixed income; they volunteer their time.
