Re: iBGStar WAS Re: [IPk] I hate my pump
I know someone who has this meter and she said it drains the battery on the
iphone really quickly. The other thing is it's not cheap at #48 and they
are not giving them away!
Danni
In a message dated 13/03/2012 16:26:31 GMT Standard Time,
email @ redacted writes:
Hi Beverley
Sanofi had a significant presence at the ATTD in Barcelona last month
with the BGStar and iBGStar meters.
The technology that the Sanofi meters use to measure glucose levels is
very robust and not vulnerable to interference from a long list of
factors. The company they licensed it from, Agamatrix, has definitely
done its homework in how to design a high quality blood glucose meter
and strip.
As for the iBGStar itself, I will admit to being a bit cheeky when I
was in Barcelona. Sanofi hosted a big symposium on blood glucose
monitoring, which a few hundred people attended. One of the presenters
went on at length about how patients might forget their keys, their bg
meter, etc., but were less likely to forget their mobile phone.
Throughout the event, assistants collected slips of paper with
people's questions on them. I anonymously asked what the iBGStar
system could do to help people remember their test strips and lancing
device. When the chair read out my question, everyone chuckled. The
man had to admit that it wasn't capable of helping people remember
their test strips and lancing device, which still have to be carried
separately.
Incidentally Daily Mail article makes a big blunder when it uses the
phrase, "Out with the old: Traditional blood glucose monitors test
drops of blood taken by pricking the skin," which implies the iBGStar
isn't a traditional meter. Then the article of course shows someone
about to apply a blood drop to the iBGStar strip. <sigh>
Still, if you're good at remembering your lancets and test strips, you
always have a good battery level on your iPhone and you're sure your
iPhone won't get nicked, the iBGStar is a great option!
Melissa
Type 1 18+ years; pumper 15.5+ years
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 4:04 PM, Smith, Beverley
<email @ redacted> wrote:
> Did anyone see the new device and app that will connect to an ipod
touch or
> iphone and act as a blood glucose meter? It has some diabetes management
> software with it too apparently. It caught my eye as it is so small
>
>
>
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2113676/New-iPhone-app-iBGStar-dev
ice-allow-diabetics-manage-condition.html
>
> Regards
>
> Beverley
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