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Entering the Bigfoot Biomedical headquarters is a true Silicon Valley experience -- from the exuberant youthful-startup feel of the building design to the bold decorations on the walls, an ultra high-tech "virtual simulation lab" and a manufacturing assembly floor that’s eager to start cranking out advanced diabetes devices. This four-year-old company doesn't have a product on the market just yet, but has huge ambitions to change the D-world with its Automated Insulin Delivery (AID) systems that will hopefully be ready for market within the next couple years. Now 110+ people strong, this startup’s in the crucial final stages of product development for its system components, which will include both an insulin pump and connected insulin pen, giving users a choice of dosing delivery method. They plan to offer a bundled subscription model, providing customers all the necessary supplies with a single prescription and order. Until now, their future products have be...

Yes, Bigfoot does exist in the diabetes community and as you may have heard, he lives with his family in New York. Our friends at diaTribe recently published a comprehensive interview with the mysterious man who'd long been rumored to have secretly created a homemade artificial pancreas system: D-Dad and husband Bryan Mazlish. Now, Bryan's teamed up with two fellow diabetes dads and big names in the community -- Lane Desborough, former chief engineer at Medtronic, and Jeffrey Brewer, who led the JDRF for four years until last summer -- to found a new diabetes startup called Bigfoot Biomedical , aimed at advancing connected closed loop technology. Bryan serves as chief tech officer. Today, we're thrilled to share, for the first time anywhere, the full inside story of how "Bigfoot" began his work many years ago -- before there even was a #WeAreNotWaiting call to action! Bryan's wife, Dr. Sarah Kimball , is a longtime type 1 who works as a pediatrician ...