Wednesday 14 October 2015

Personal Diabetes Data Now Accessible via Smartphones

A novel device enables people with diabetes to discreetly and conveniently view their insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) information on a smartphone.

The MiniMed Connect is a secondary display device that securely transmits pump and sensor glucose data from the patient’s MiniMed insulin pump to a smartphone app via Bluetooth, providing real-time glucose and insulin information every five minutes. Besides Smartphone display of information, MiniMed Connect also allows caregivers to monitor the data via CareLink, a therapy management website that delivers preset notifications via text messaging when the person with diabetes experiences sugar levels that go too high or too low, or when an alarm on the pump isn’t cleared. For the full article click here 



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