i-port Relieves Diabetics From Daily Injections

August 19, 2008 by Angela | 0 Comments


Diabetes is a problem that many people have to face every day. That also includes the needles and medicines that are needed daily.

When Catherine (KK) Patton was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes during her pregnancy, she had to face a situation that may have looked bleak at the time but would eventually inspire her to create a product and start a business that would open up a whole new option for diabetics everywhere. This option would remove the need to insert a needle multiple times a day without having to carry around an insulin pump. This product would become the i-port.

Much like the pump, someone only has to poke themselves with a needle once every 3 days to attach the i-port. That will insert the tiny catheter of the i-port into their body, but unlike the pump this option is no where near as bulky. When a diabetic would need another dose of insulin all they would have to do is inject it into the device while completely eliminating the need to insert another needle into their body.

Not only is KK an inspiring mompreneur, she is a woman who has been able to take on the world of medicine and create a product that has been able to make the life of a diabetic as normal as possible.

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