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How continuous glucose monitors have transformed the diabetes landscape

January 25, 2021 By Brian Buntz Leave a Comment

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are among the most potent diabetes management tools to emerge in recent decades. FDA approved the first professional CGM in 1999, and the technology has evolved swiftly since then. Current models beam data via Bluetooth to smartphones (plus the Apple Watch) and the cloud, enabling patients to explore their blood glucose […]

Filed Under: Blog, Diabetes, Digital Health, Drug Pumps, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured Tagged With: A1C, blood glucose, blood glucose monitoring, CDC, CGM, continuous glucose monitor, diabetes, fingerstick, hypoglycemia, smartphone

Insulet surpasses Q3 earnings estimates, raises guidance

November 5, 2020 By Brian Buntz

Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) posted third-quarter results after market close yesterday that beat analysts’ consensus for the company. The Acton, Mass.-based tubeless insulin pump manufacturer announced profits of $11.6 million or $0.17 per share on sales of $234 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020, for a bottom-line gain of 13.5% on sales growth of 21% […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: COVID-19, diabetes, Insulet, PODD, Shacey Petrovic

11 innovative medical devices you need to know from 2018

January 18, 2019 By Danielle Kirsh

Call it digital health or mHealth or simply what it is — innovation. Last year we saw a lot of innovative wireless devices for diagnostics and treatment as research and development flourished. Many researchers have taken up the challenge of developing devices that are portable, small and convenient with ease-of-use that could revolutionize point-of-care diagnostics […]

Filed Under: Digital Health, Featured, Imaging, Implants, Research & Development Tagged With: bacteria-on-a-chip, Cerebrotech, diabetes, electroCore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MedTech, neurodegenerative diseases, plug-and-play, University of California at San Diego, University of California Berekley, University of California Santa Barbara, University of Cambridge

9 diabetes breakthroughs you need to know

May 26, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

Diabetes is a disease that affects the body’s ability to produce and respond to insulin. About 29.1 million people have diabetes in the U.S, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of that number, 8.1 million go undiagnosed. One of the most popular breakthroughs in diabetes research has been the artificial pancreas, which […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Diagnostics, Research & Development Tagged With: Afrezza, Apple, beta cells, diabetes, insulin, MedTech

Artificial pancreas: These companies are racing to make one

May 25, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

Medical device companies are close to achieving the holy grail of diabetes treatment: a combined glucose sensor, control algorithm and insulin infusion device that effectively acts as an “artificial pancreas.” We explain more in the newest video from editors at MassDevice’s sister publication Medical Design & Outsourcing. (And for a deeper dive, check out our recent […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Digital Health, Drug Pumps, Drug-Device Combinations Tagged With: admetsys, Animas, Artificial pancreas, Beta Bionics, Bigfoot Biomedical, Defymed, Dexcom, diabetes, Insulet, MedTech, Medtronic, Semma Therapeutics, tandemdiabetes, TypeZero Technologies, University of Virginia

This contact lenses breakthrough could enable glucose monitoring

April 4, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

Biosensing contact lenses may not be able to self-heal like “The Terminator,” but they could measure blood glucose and detect other signs of disease in the future. Oregon State University researchers are set to present a study that suggests transparent biosensors that are embedded into contact lenses could provide insight for doctors and patients without […]

Filed Under: Biotech, Diabetes Tagged With: Alphabet (Google), biosensors, contact lenses, diabetes, MedTech, Novartis

MedCrypt and QuiO partner to protect devices from cyberattacks

February 27, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

MedCrypt and QuiO have announced an integration partnership for a set of cloud-connected injection devices known as the Smartinjector devices to provide safe data transfers of patient prescriptions and injections. OuiO will receive software security with this partnership for its Si One, for specialty drugs, and Si Pen, for diabetes patients. MedCrypt’s software will be able to sync […]

Filed Under: Software / IT Tagged With: Cybersecurity, diabetes, drug delivery, MedCrypt, MedTech, QuiO

Continuous glucose monitoring lowers blood sugar, Swedish study says

February 3, 2017 By Danielle Kirsh

A new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden has shown that there was a significant decrease in blood sugar levels and an increased well-being for people with type 1 diabetes over time with the use of a continuous glucose monitor. The study included  161 people with an average age […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Drug Pumps Tagged With: diabetes

Researchers develop responsive, insulin-releasing skin patch

January 19, 2017 By Sarah Faulkner

Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University and Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a skin patch that measures blood glucose levels and releases insulin when levels climb too high. The team’s work testing the patch in mice was published earlier this month […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Drug-Device Combinations, Pharmaceutical, Research & Development Tagged With: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, diabetes, MedTech, North Carolina State University, skin patch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Virginia has a smartphone-controlled artificial pancreas

January 3, 2017 By Chris Newmarker

Danielle Kirsh, MDO Assistant Editor University of Virginia researchers are making strides when it comes to developing an artificial pancreas that can be controlled using a smartphone. The FDA approved the UVA-developed artificial pancreas for testing in 2012, and UVA received a $3.4M grant from the National Institutes of Health in 2013. The device is currently […]

Filed Under: Diabetes, Digital Health, Drug Pumps Tagged With: Artificial pancreas, diabetes, MedTech, University of Virginia

Diabetes: Glooko adds Dexcom, Insulet to platform

June 4, 2015 By Fink Densford

Glooko said yesterday that it inked deals with Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) and Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) to supply device data from both companies to its diabetes management platform. Glooko’s platform will now integrate Dexcom’s continuous glucose monitoring systems and Insulet’s OmniPod insulin management systems in a new version of the platform that’s slated for a summer release, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based company […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diabetes, Digital Health Tagged With: Dexcom, diabetes, Glooko, Insulet, Remote Patient Monitoring

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