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AmyT on
January 25, 2012
Roughly ten days ago, I was at the annual sprawling nexus of new consumer technology that takes place in Las Vegas every year, otherwise known as CES. For the second year in a row, a breakout event called the Digital Health Summit was a packed house, close to standing room only, as people swarmed in to find out what’s happening in the world of new health and medical devices, apps, and all manner of mobile…
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AmyT on
January 4, 2012
This morning, Medtronic Diabetes announced FDA approval and U.S. market launch of its long-awaited mySentry Remote Glucose Monitor, which allows a parent or caregiver to monitor from another room a patient’s MiniMed Paradigm REAL-Time Revel System. mySentry was considered “mythical” of late by many observers, since rumors of it have circulated for at least four years.
mySentry is a desktop, or nightstand, monitor, that displays real-time data from a CGM sensor that a PWD is…
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Here’s a product description for you: an accurate, non-invasive continuous glucose monitor that talks to your iPhone, and will call someone if the CGM alarms and you don’t respond. Sounds like something you might have heard about in our annual DiabetesMine Design Contest, isn’t it? Well, guess again! It’s a product actually under production by the folks at C8 MediSensors, a San Jose-based company. If you’re wondering why you’ve never heard of them, C8 MediSensors…
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