Daniel Fine’s younger brother was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 7. One of the major struggles with diabetes is ensuring that you take the proper amount of insulin necessary. However, this level changes based on how much food you have in your body, how much exercise you’ve had that day, and many other factors. The math for this can get complicated, especially for young kids. It was out of this place that the Fine brothers created the app “Dosed.” It is an app that helps you calculate the amount of insulin you need to take. This is incredibly helpful because it removes the aspect of human error and makes the math simpler to do. This is especially helpful for children who are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. This brings peace of mind to parents and kids because they know they are injecting just the right amount of insulin.
This app represents innovation because these brothers saw a need in a very specific place and knew that they could find a solution to a problem. It is something as simple as having a computer (aka phone) do the math for you, but know one had thought of it yet!
This would seem to be a very useful tool for those with type 1 diabetes. I would be interested, however, to know if the demand for such a tool is decreasing as a result of an increasing popularity of monitors which to the calculations and injections for you.
With all the new apps coming out in today’s world, often times most of them don’t end up being all that helpful. This app, however, seems very beneficial, and it seems most helpful in that it helps children to be able to inject insulin on their own.