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Equipment and Supplies > Surgical Equipment > Artificial Organs > Pancreas, Artificial

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Pancreas, Artificial  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Artificial Pancreas

Note

  • device simulating pancreas activity

Scope note

  • Devices for simulating the activity of the pancreas. They can be either electromechanical, consisting of a glucose sensor, computer, and insulin pump or bioartificial, consisting of isolated islets of Langerhans in an artificial membrane.

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  • 97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019397

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