The prevalence of diabetes is known to be widespread around the world. According to a statistics report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the amount of people who live in the United States and have diabetes is 34 million, which is around 10 percent of the entire population of the country [1]. The number is significant enough to show how common it is among the total population. Although having the disease is be dangerous enough, fatalities that are caused directly by the disease are also at large. The World Health Organization, another group that helps maintain the health of people, states that there were around 2.2 million deaths due to complications with diabetes [2].

Due to the severity and the prevalence of this disease, there is an obvious need for a cure or treatment. Currently, there is no cure. There are, however, two commonly used solutions to track blood glucose levels. With a working treatment, these deaths can be prevented— allowing more people to live longer, healthier lives.

Our purpose for this design is to improve upon the continuous glucose monitoring paired with an insulin pump to make a device more accessible, accurate, and user-friendly for patients of all ages.