Category: CGMs, Meters & Pumps

Dario - Glucose Meter

Dario: Turning Your Smartphone into an All-In-One Glucose Meter

The Dario glucose meter is an integrated unit that includes an adapter designed to connect to the audio jack of a smartphone. When the adapter is connected, a measurement is transmitted to the smartphone, turning the phone into a glucose monitor. The Dario also includes a built in lancing device loaded with disposable lancets and an integrated cartridge holding and dispensing 25 test strips.
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New Dexcom G4 PLATINUM Approved by FDA

The U.S. FDA has approved Dexcom's new continuous glucose monitoring system, the Dexcom G4™ PLATINUM. According to clinical trials the new Dexcom G4 PLATINUM has much improved accuracy with up to approximately 19 percent improvement in overall accuracy for the Dexcom G4 PLATINUM compared to the Seven Plus, and approximately a 30 percent improvement in accuracy in the hypoglycemia range. The overall accuracy and ease of use for the Dexcom G4 PLATINUM sets a new standard for commercially available CGMs, making the Dexcom G4 PLATINUM the most-advanced CGM system available.
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Omnipod Tested

Omnipod Put to the Test

I have been extremely happy with the Omnipod and require less insulin than I used to because I never detach. I feel that my work outs are better now and I am more comfortable in my daily routine. In April of this year, I decided sign up for run my first “Mudder” race called the Rugged Maniac. The Rugged Maniac is a 5K mud run full of military-style obstacles, designed by British Special Forces.
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Positive Results for Echo Therapeutics’ Transdermal Continuous Glucose Monitoring System

Echo Therapeutics announced positive results from its clinical trial of the Symphony tCGM System, a non-invasive, wireless, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring system, in major general surgery and cardiothoracic surgery patients. This study is the second of two studies in critically ill patients. Data from this study demonstrate that Symphony successfully and continuously monitored glucose levels in the intensive care unit at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Medtronic’s Enlite Sensor: The Waiting is the Hardest Part

First, the new Enlite sensor — and I really should use “new” in quotation marks because it has been available in Europe for about a year — is much more comfortable and accurate than previous Minimed sensors. Second, the Veo pump itself has a glucose suspend feature, meaning that if the Enlite sensor detects your blood glucose is below 70, it can stop insulin delivery on its own.
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Pumping Insulin, The Fifth Edition

We recently received a copy of Pumping Insulin, the 5th Edition, which provides up-to-date information on how to use an insulin pump to achieve the best blood glucose management. The book provides clear, logical steps on how to set up a pump test and adjust it. It demonstrates simple ways to find your total daily dose of insulin, basal rate and carb and correction factors for boluses, and how to use the bolus calculator to avoid stacking insulin and highs and lows.
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First Impressions of Tandem’s t:slim Insulin Pump

I spent most of my time with the t:slim going through the screens like a kid with a new toy. I felt like I did when I got my first iPhone, and I think one of the best things about the pump was the enthusiastic response I got from people around me. Everyone wanted to see it. Okay, it’s true, most of the people around me had diabetes, but still, everyone there had seen insulin pumps before.
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FDA Clears Roche’s Accu-Chek Combo System

Roche announced today that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Accu-Chek Combo system for insulin pump therapy. The Accu-Chek Combo system seamlessly combines a blood glucose meter with an insulin pump, which are able to exchange data in both directions via Bluetooth wireless technology.
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