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"My iPod, My Cell, My Insulin Pump"

Tom Baldwin, a 43-year-old flight attendant, wears two sleek gadgets strapped to his belt. One is an iPhone and the other is a compact insulin pump and glucose monitor called the Paradigm Real-Time (PRT) System made by medical device giant Medtronic (MDT ). It features user-friendly control buttons and a screen that displays Baldwin’s glucose levels, measured up to 288 times a day, from a fine needle lodged in the skin of his abdomen.
My iPod, My Cell, My Insulin Pump — in Businessweek
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