Should medical devices be more like iPods?
Amy Tenderich believes devices that monitor glucose and deliver insulin are not made with the end user in mind. As she puts it, they're "chunky and clunky." They're difficult to wear and carry around, come in boring institutional colors, burn through batteries too quickly, and cannot be customized for individual users, she says.
Tenderich, a journalist and author who writes a popular blog about diabetes, has just published an open letter to Apple's Steve Jobs, asking for a little help in designing medical devices that are sleek and simple -- like the iPod.
