Hello friends and welcome to episode 386 of the Juice Box Podcast. Today I bring to you a conversation with John Brooks.

One of the men who's sitting on an airplane over 20 years ago, conceived of and dreamt about for the very first

time a tubeless insulin pump.

Eventually that pump became the omeopod.

And this is the story of how it came to be.

John's the father of someone who has type 1 diabetes,

and he tried to figure out how to help a long time ago when his son was diagnosed. This is what came of it. It's kind of crazy, right?

While you're listening, please remember that nothing you hear on the Juice Box podcast should be considered advice medical or

otherwise please always consult a physician before making any changes to your

health care plan or becoming bold with insulin.

John's actually been involved in a lot of things around type 1 diabetes.

We'll talk about all of it.

But my initial reason for having him on

was to learn about the birth of the omnipod.

Such an interesting idea, isn't it? Just to learn about the birth of the omnipod.

Such an interesting idea, isn't it?

Just something didn't exist and then it did. Oh, Hey, if you're looking for a great way to support people living with type 1 diabetes,

while you support the podcast, go to T1D Exchange.org

forward slash Juice Box and join their registry.

You'll answer a few simple questions about you

or your child who has type 1 diabetes,

and those answers will help support innovation in the type 1 world.

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