Last summer we showcased some fellow PWDs (people with diabetes) over in Europe, who were carrying the Olympic Torch leading up to the Summer Olympics in London.
One of those folks is 16-year-old Hannah Jarrett, who lives in South Wales and has become an up-and-coming diabetes advocate in the five years since she was diagnosed. We’re featuring Hannah today as part of our ongoing Global Diabetes Series, in which we bring you different perspectives on life…
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WilD on
April 25, 2012
Right after the first of this year, Medtronic Diabetes announced FDA approval of mySentry, a remote monitoring and alarm system for their Revel CGM-enabled (continuous glucose monitoring) insulin pump. D’Mine Columnist and Correspondent Wil Dubois, also author of the award-winning CGM handbook Beyond Fingersticks, has been field testing one of these new systems for the last month. He’s quite enthusiastic! Don’t miss his thoughts on this whole new category of D-management tool:
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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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AmyT on
August 29, 2011
When the insulin pump hacking story first broke two weeks ago, we viewed it mostly as a publicity stunt. But it’s had some interesting repercussions. Notably, two congressman have stepped up and requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) review the Federal Communications Commission’s approach to medical devices with wireless capabilities to ensure that the devices are “safe, reliable, and secure.” Well, that seems like good news…
The hullabaloo was enough for instigator Jay Radcliffe,…
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AmyT on
April 12, 2011
There has been a lot of confusion this past week about what the heck is going on with the next-generation, not-yet-to-market Medtronic Enlite CGM sensors. And it’s perfectly understandable — it was confusing!
But guess what? The Enlite sensor has just received CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark approval in France, and “is being launched subject to other local approvals in more than 35 countries outside the US,” so there’s finally some official information to share with…
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