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Diabetes and new Technology.

September 1, 2012 by MyPump

Hi,

As you are possibly aware I have had Type 1 Diabetes all my life which is in fact 40 years – hard to believe I know 🙂

Since I was first diagnosed as a baby the technology has changed so much for products to assist people manage their Diabetes easier, I still remember having large stainless steal with glass syringes that needed to be sterilised each time you used it (Thanks to my Mum) and even checking your Glucose Levels involved urine in a tube which you added a fizzy tablet that changed the colour of the urine – oh my god.

Back to 2012 and some absolutely amazing new products to me which over the next few weeks I hope to have some more in depth Blogs about but some items that have caught my eye have been :

1 Mendor Discreet – All in one BG Meter which is amazing.

2. C8Medisensors – a new non invasive CGM due for release this year all being well, I was lucky to attend a product demo in London a few days ago – WOW. More details to follow.

3. Glooko – this is a cable the attaches to your iPhone in conjunction with an App that allows you to sync your BG results to your phone with lots of other useful add ons. I love it and Blog coming soon.

4. Cellnovo – Insulin Pump, come on guys we have been waiting such a long time for this to be released and I must say this again is technology at its best, I am looking forward to a trial of this patch pump/handset soon.

5. Sanofi – iBGStar BG meter that is tiny and actually can be used on its own or is really created to clip to the bottom of your iPhone to work again in conjunction with an App – Amazing.

Please forgive me if I have missed anything out but these are a few items I have been looking at recently, not forgetting all the Diabetes companies which have literally changed my life such as Medtronic, Animas, Lifescan, Roche, Bayer, Everymed and Sanofi (iBGStar) to mention a few – THANKS TO YOU ALL.

Thanks very much for reading and don’t forget to follow me on Twitter @MyPump1 or info on http://www.mypump.co.uk & http://www.mypumpblog.com.

Have a good weekend
Andrew