“It’s changed millions of lives, but this tech ‘nearly killed’ Tye”

Key points

• Tye Cummins nearly died after an Omnipod insulin pump delivered too much insulin overnight.
• In the past decade, automated insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors revolutionised diabetes care with real-time data.
• An investigation extracted about 81,000 adverse-event reports from TGA’s database, finding diabetes devices dominate rankings.
• Omnipod 5 is linked to 429 adverse-event reports, including 330 injuries and six diabetic ketoacidosis cases.
• Regulatory issues include alarm failures, Bluetooth muting, accuracy concerns, and mismatches in warnings passed on.