The iPhone integration dreams of many a diabetic are coming true at last!!
Sanofi-Aventis made history today at the annual EASD (European Association for the Study of Diabetes) conference, if you ask me. They have introduced the first-ever medical device that actually physically plugs into the iPhone and iPod Touch! It’s a tiny new USB-sized glucose meter they’re calling iBGStar. It’s coupled with the new iBGStar Diabetes Manager program, a free logging app that users will be able to download from the iTunes store when the new product hits the market around January or February of 2011.
According to the press release, “The ultra-compact iBGStarTM can be plugged into an iPhone® or iPod touch® and displays results on a full-color, touch screen. It can also be used separately for on-the-go testing.”
iBGStar was developed for Sanofi by my friends at AgaMatrix, who introduced the first BG meter with a cable plug-in to Apple products not long ago.
Note that the iBGStar still requires FDA 510(k) clearance in the US, and has not yet been submitted. The Powers That Be tell me they’ve worked to pave the way to quick FDA clearance by designing iBGStar “to make it a completely stand-alone meter that works even better when plugged into an iPhone or iPod Touch.”
As a stand-alone, the little meter has its own color display screen, its own battery, a 300-test memory, “and is perfectly usable on its own as a very small and discreet meter.” In other words, it works very similarly to current glucose meters, except that the iPhone/iTouch “download cable” technology is built into the meter. The magic for users is in the ability to couple your BG meter with your phone, of course. There will even be new iPhone cases designed to encompass the phone + meter duo!
Via : diabetesmine.com
Sanofi-Aventis made history today at the annual EASD (European Association for the Study of Diabetes) conference, if you ask me. They have introduced the first-ever medical device that actually physically plugs into the iPhone and iPod Touch! It’s a tiny new USB-sized glucose meter they’re calling iBGStar. It’s coupled with the new iBGStar Diabetes Manager program, a free logging app that users will be able to download from the iTunes store when the new product hits the market around January or February of 2011.
According to the press release, “The ultra-compact iBGStarTM can be plugged into an iPhone® or iPod touch® and displays results on a full-color, touch screen. It can also be used separately for on-the-go testing.”
iBGStar was developed for Sanofi by my friends at AgaMatrix, who introduced the first BG meter with a cable plug-in to Apple products not long ago.
Note that the iBGStar still requires FDA 510(k) clearance in the US, and has not yet been submitted. The Powers That Be tell me they’ve worked to pave the way to quick FDA clearance by designing iBGStar “to make it a completely stand-alone meter that works even better when plugged into an iPhone or iPod Touch.”
As a stand-alone, the little meter has its own color display screen, its own battery, a 300-test memory, “and is perfectly usable on its own as a very small and discreet meter.” In other words, it works very similarly to current glucose meters, except that the iPhone/iTouch “download cable” technology is built into the meter. The magic for users is in the ability to couple your BG meter with your phone, of course. There will even be new iPhone cases designed to encompass the phone + meter duo!
Via : diabetesmine.com
