Diabetes Sentry Products Inc. beat out 400 other startups from across the country to win the best pitch competition at the PerfectBusiness Entrepreneur & Investor Conference in Las Vegas.
Tthe company’s device alerts diabetic patients when their blood sugar levels fall dangerously low. Its sensor monitors skin temperature and perspiration, and alerts the patient to possible signs of hypoglycemic shock. A group of engineers at Teledyne Avionics in Virginia created the watch-like monitor in the 1990s.