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The dream of the closed loop has been floating around the diabetes sphere since 1964. Controlling the blood sugar of people with diabetes automatically via one device – that was the vision. Active work has been going on since 1979. When I was diagnosed 10 years ago, I quickly learned that the loop was „in the making“ and would soon become reality. But when? For a long time this breakthrough was „just within reach“. And yet it has always been so far away. But now it is really happening. The Medtronic MiniMed 670G is the first hybrid closed-loop system on the German market. A long awaited dream has become reality. I’ve been given the opportunity to trial the system since November 2019. Now that I’ve made my own experiences, I want to tell you about them.