JDRF Forms Partnership with SFC Fluidics to Create Open-Protocol Pump

A graduate of the University of Michigan with a bachelor of science in mechanical engineering, Philip Calhoun also competed as a Division I wrestler. Philip Calhoun holds a master’s degree in finance from New York University, where he graduated with a GPA of 3.9. Outside of his current role as executive vice president at Total Quality Engineering, Philip Calhoun contributes to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), which is partnering with SFC Fluidics, Inc., to develop a patch pump.

The JDRF has announced a partnership with medical technology company SFC Fluidics, Inc., to create an insulin patch pump with the capability to facilitate open-protocol communication. With funding for two years from the JDRF, SFC Fluidics, Inc., plans to create a pump that provides seamless coordination of all parts of an automated insulin delivery (AID) system, such as continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and AID algorithms.

This new partnership furthers the JDRF’s Open-Protocol Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) Systems Initiative, which started in 2017. An open-protocol pump has the potential to help the six million individuals in the United States who are insulin-dependent, most of whom struggle to maintain optimal glucose levels.