By
MikeH on
September 5, 2012
Q) What looks like a USB stick but has a bright color screen, wirelessly communicates with Medtronic insulin pumps, and is more accurate than your average glucometer?
A) It’s a brand new meter called the Contour Next Link, co-developed by Medtronic and Bayer and announced on Tuesday through a news release sent to some Diabetes Online Community members and via Medtronic’s blog, The Loop. We reached out to PR directors at both companies to learn…
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One day last week my phone rang. It was a number I didn’t recognize, so I let it go to voice mail.
The caller left a message, and a few minutes later I keyed up my messages to listen: Medtronic was calling for me, mentioning my name specifically. They were calling on a U.S. holiday, no less — the 4th of July — because of an apparent question I had about one of the devices I was…
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By
AmyT on
March 17, 2010
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, again. See this morning’s post with some wee silliness on that.
A quick newsflash on this lovely green day: this morning Medtronic has announced that it has received FDA approval for its new Paradigm Revel combination insulin pump/continuous glucose monitor, which they’re calling “the industry’s most advanced integrated system for diabetes management” (see product info here).
That may be an overstatement, considering the Revel does not include the automatic-suspend feature that…
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