Friday, November 6, 2009
Delivery Method for Iomai's Transcutaneous Vaccine
We've previously covered Iomai Corp's (now part of Intercell) transcutaneous vaccination technology, with the idea being that if you're able to vaccinate patients through their skin, you can take advantage of the high density of Langerhans cells in the epidermis to activate an amplified immune response. Also, since transcutaneous vaccination does not involve systemic exposure, you're able to use more potent immune stimulants. These factors, in addition to it being needle-less, make transcutaneous vaccination an appealing option because you need less vaccine for an equal immune response. Additionally, having the vaccine in this dry, patch form also allows it to last much longer without refrigeration (possibly up to six months).
Application of the vaccine, however, first requires you to scrape off some of the keratinized epithelium to gain access to the Langerhans cells. This abrasion needs to be consistent, painless, and easy enough that it could be self-administered. At TEDMED, we've heard from IDEO's CEO Tim Brown, whose design firm was hired to develop the application technique for the transcutaneous vaccine patches. IDEO came up with a band aid looking device with a bulls eye and an attached tab. Pressing at the center and pulling the tab draws an abrasive strip across the skin, as well as leaves an ink mark to show where the vaccine patch should be placed. The application device and patch is also made using only standard processes and materials so they'd be easily manufactured in developing countries.
The administration device and patch are currently in phase two clinical trials for pandemic influenza.
Product page @ IDEO...
Flasback:Immunity That's More Than Skin Deep...
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Needle Free Insulin Delivery from PICOSULIN
Amy Tenderich from DiabetesMine spoke with Thierry Navarro, co-founder of PICOSULIN, a Geneva, Switzerland company developing a patch and an insulin pump with an unusually open R&D process.
A snippet:
"We think differently from the traditional way of keeping R&D secret. We have perfected our technology, and we're disclosing the benefits. Now we want to try to get feedback from all the over world. We're using a website survey to capture input from Europe, Asia and the US, " Thierry says.
Here's more about the technology from the product page:
The simplicity of the system is based on the use of a plastic micro pump which is connected to an ultra precise mechanical system (patent pending) capable of delivering a bolus of 25nl (0.0025U) that is 20 times more precise than any of the existing competing patches on the market which deliver 500nl (0.05U).What’s more, the micro pump uses a volumetric pump mechanism capable of aspirating insulin directly from any type or brand of PenFill cartridge.
Performance aside, it has the major advantages of its very small size and modular design: the “PicoPatch” is a wearable patch only 0.59 inches (15 mm) thick, loaded with a standard PenFill cartridge containing 3ml of insulin.
Read the interview with more details at DiabetesMine...
Link: PICOSULIN...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
NovoTwist Needle Wins Prize for Design
Novo Nordisk (Bagsværd, Denmark) just won the coveted Good Design Award (aka, G-Mark Award) from the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization for the NovoTwist needle. Currently in use in company's insulin delivery device FlexPen®, this simple twist on and off needle has been constructed to be totally intuitive and not to require much finger strength.
Nearly 3,000 entries were narrowed down by the judging panel and NovoTwist™ was selected for an award in the ‘Society – Medical Equipment’ section. Previous winners of the Good Design Award™ include Apple, Toshiba, Toyota and Nintendo.The Good Design Award™ highlights the unique design features of NovoTwist™. The judges specifically commented that “Conventional screw thread needles can be difficult to attach and detach, especially for the elderly, as limited manual dexterity and hand strength make the circular motion of screw attachment/detachment challenging. NovoTwist™ has solved this problem with a simple functional design with a push-and-twist needle attachment/detachment system”.
Press release: Novo Nordisk wins design award for NovoTwist™ needle...
Product page: NovoTwist...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009
GE's New Ultra Small Ultrasound May Become as Ubiquitous as Stethoscope
Yesterday at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, GE showed off their new 
handheld ultrasound device. The Vscan looks like a cross between an iPod and a cell phone, making it possibly the world's smallest ultrasound. Later today we'll be attending GE's healthymagination technology showcase in New York where further details and specs will hopefully become available.
For critical care clinicians, Vscan can offer an immediate look beyond patient vital signs with the potential to identify critical issues, like fluid around the heart, which could be a sign of congestive heart failure. And for cardiologists, Vscan provides a dependable visual evaluation of how well the heart is pumping at a glance, so they can treat patients more efficiently.
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Novel Product Design Aims to Address Common Autism Behavior
Some children with autism tend to perform compulsive rituals, and these can distract kids from the rest of the world. 
Jesse Resnick, a recent graduate of the product design program at Parsons the New School for Design, proposes a new toy-like device to grab kids' attention and limit compulsive behavior to a short time. The Repeat wrist worn device has flashing rubber knobs that blink in preprogrammed patterns, while the child follows along by using fingers to pinch them. According to the product page, Repeat is "an early-intervention tool for autistic children designed to replace repetitive behaviours (arm flapping, head banging, etc.) with a less distracting, less harmful alternative." It's not clear whether the benefit will be clinically valuable, but it does seem like a novel idea.
Product design page: REPEAT...
(hat tip: Yanko Design)
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Friday, October 9, 2009
Glucogrip for Automatic Blood Glucose Metering
Giulio Sbarigia, an Italian product developer, suggests this design for a portable glucometer.
Product link: glucogrip...
More from Yanko Design...
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Wheeze Detector for Quantifying Asthma, Allergy, Emphysema Symptoms
Israel's business newspaper Globes is reporting that KarmelSonix Ltd, a company consisting of Israel's KarmelSonix and Australia's Pulmosonix, received FDA approval for the Wheezometer point-of-care wheeze detector. The device records thirty seconds of breathing while applied to the neck area and analyzes and quantifies the wheezing in the audio.
The WheezoMeter™ is calibrated and validated as determined by consensus of a panel of experts who evaluated and scored many recordings for presence of wheeze. The WheezoMeter™ uses a cascade of 6 proprietary technologies to "defend" the signals against false detection of ambient noises as wheeze. Obtain a “spot check” measurement of present wheeze activity, any time, any place, as often as needed without any patient effort. Measure WheezeRATE™ before and after administration of a bronchodilator (“pre-post” test). Communicate status of homebound or remote patient to physician or healthcare professional.
System Components:
WheezoMeter™ with embedded Black Fin® processor. Self-contained cushioned built-in silicone-coated PPG PPG Sensor with broad spectrum frequency response, >60 dB dynamic range and superior ambient noise rejection Allows scrolling of the last 10 measurements for review 2 AA batteries (not included) Infant sensor holder for babies and toddlers (optional)
More from Globes: FDA approves KarmelSonix's Wheezometer
Product page: Wheezometer
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Tiny Portable Ultrasound from SonoSite Gets US OK
SonoSite (Bothell, Washington) just announced that the company received FDA approval to market the firm's tiny NanoMaxx ultrasound system throughout the United States. Weighing in at only 6 pounds (2.7 kilo) and with a battery life of 2 operational hours, the system is truly portable for busy clinics, ambulances, emergency rooms, and elsewhere that ultrasound is needed.
The new ultra portable and one button design of the NanoMaxx system makes high quality ultrasound available to a much broader range of clinicians. The system incorporates SonoSite’s advanced proprietary imaging algorithms, including SonoMB™ and SonoAdapt™ to deliver superior image quality in a lightweight, rugged form factor.With a touch screen that responds easily to the tap of a finger, and one button optimization, clinicians can readily acquire high resolution images to increase clinical productivity at the point-of-care. A system boot-up time of less than 20 seconds and long battery life further enhance workflow when using the NanoMaxx system.
At introduction, the NanoMaxx tool is available with a complement of five transducers to support a wide range of examinations and procedures including thoracic assessment for pathology, vascular access, needle aspirations and injections, as well as abdominal, cardiac, nerve, OB/Gyn, musculoskeletal, small parts and vascular scanning.
For convenience and flexibility, the system can be wall mounted, placed on an exam table with kickstand attached, or used from a highly maneuverable stand. Physicians can easily carry the NanoMaxx tool from room-to-room, to a satellite office, to the operating room or to a field site for immediate use.
The NanoMaxx system’s highly integrated architecture and ruggedized design, including the industry’s first elastomeric bumper for extra durability, plus magnesium outer shell, allows it to be used in the most demanding and austere environments. Proving its reliability, the NanoMaxx system and its transducers successfully passed SonoSite’s standard three foot durability drop test.
In addition, to further reduce the risk of infection, the NanoMaxx system’s fluid-resistant user interface makes the system easy to clean and disinfect, helping to address the growing concern over infection control in the medical community.
Press release: SonoSite Announces FDA Clearance for Its New Nanomaxx Ultrasound Tool
Product page: NanoMaxx
Flashback: NanoMaxx Tiny 6 Lb. Ultrasound System Unveiled
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Friday, September 18, 2009
Bloodbot, The Bright Future of Phlebotomy?
Here is a project from the folks at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London, and its Mechatronics in Medicine Laboratory, who are bent on developing an "active robot designed to take blood samples from the ante-cubital fossa..."
The Bloodbot identifies the location of a suitable vein by pressing a probe against the surface tissue of the ante-cubital fossa and measuring the force on the probe. The difference in the characteristics of the tissue from its surroundings, in response to the applied force, indicates the presence of a vein.Once a suitable vein has been found, it inserts a needle under force control. When the needle penetrates the vein (identified by its force/position profile), the control system prevents further insertion, thus avoiding overshooting the vein.
We think they need to combine this robot with VeinViewer for a more accurate, and probably spookier, experience.
Flashbacks: VeinViewer Shipped!; First Hospital To Use The VeinViewer ; Video of VeinViewer; VeinViewer Off to Europe; Vein Contrast Enhancer
(hat tip: DVICE)
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Simple Umbilical Cord Cutting Tool to Overcome Infection in Third World
A good deal of child birth in poor regions takes place without clinician assistance or properly sanitized tools. Researchers at Tulane University have developed a cheap umbilical cord cutting tool aimed at the developing world which may help prevent millions of neonatal infections. The SafeSnip can cut, seal, and sanitize the cord in one step and should cost less than $1 to manufacture.
"You take the umbilical cord in one hand and just clamp down on it," says William Kethman, who applied for the patent with fellow 2008 School of Science and Engineering graduates Bryan Molter, Stephanie Roberts and Mark Young, as well as David Rice, associate professor of biomedical engineering.After the cord is severed, SafeSnip breaks in two, leaving one half of the device firmly clamped onto the baby's umbilical cord to seal the wound while the other is discarded.
Press release: Students' Invention Aids Safe Childbirth...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
LENA Audio Monitor Analyses Speech Patterns to Help Detect Autism Earlier
Autistic children often show specific behavior patterns in the way they speak with others. These patterns, if detected, could be used as an early sign of autism, but enough data needs to be collected in order to help with making a diagnosis. LENA, a device from the LENA Foundation that became available earlier this month, is a portable recorder that can make available a day's worth of a child's interaction to professionals for close review.
From the product page:
What is LENA? LENA is the only technology that automatically collects and analyzes information about a child’s natural language environment and development. The LENA feedback reports help parents improve a child’s cumulative language experience and accelerate that child’s language and cognitive development, and preparedness for school.Who is LENA for? Parents and caregivers of children ages 0 to 4.
Why is it important? Several hundred research studies over the last 50 years document the importance of talking to and interacting with your baby, especially during the first three years. Groundbreaking research by two renowned university researchers, Drs. Betty Hart, Ph.D., and Todd Risley, Ph.D., revealed that the quantity of talk a child experienced between birth and age 3 directly correlated with the child’s IQ and vocabulary size. The LENA Foundation was founded based on the key elements of this study and our own normative study shows that saying 17,000 words per day, which is equal to the 85th percentile, will greatly enhance your child’s potential.
Who developed it? A team of world-class scientists, including experts in linguistics, speech recognition technology, computer engineering, speech analysis, statistics, speech language pathology, language research and developmental pediatrics. Recognizing that achievement gaps already exist at kindergarten entry, LENA was developed to give parents useful information to help ensure they are providing the richest language environment possible to their children during the critical years between birth and age 4, before they enter school.
How does it work? Parents follow a simple three-step process, 2-3 times a month:
1. In the morning, slip the LENA Digital Language Processor (DLP) into the pocket of specially designed LENA clothing.
2. At the end of the day, plug the DLP into your PC. The audio data will transfer and software analysis begins.
3. View your reports to analyze your conversations, identify patterns of talk throughout the day and receive percentile rank information.
MIT Technology Review provides additional details:
Richards [Jeffrey Richards, a statistician and database technician for the LENA Foundation --ed.] says the LENABaby software, which he helped develop, starts by breaking down the 16-hour audio stream into segments. Each segment is automatically classified according to the type of sound contained in the clip, such as sounds from the child, a parent, or television. Vocalizations from the child are then assessed further using complex algorithms that look at a variety of factors, such as the phonological composition of the each sound and how sounds are clustered and paired. "We're simultaneously looking across many dimensions at the same time," says Richards. Using LENA's database of previously analyzed audio, the software considers how these characteristics compare to those of children developing normally, children with delayed language development, and autistic children.LENABaby can be used for more than a basic diagnosis, helping to track a child's language development. This could make it a valuable tool for clinicians who otherwise have to rely on data collected during brief, infrequent visits.
More from Technology Review...
Product page: LENA...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Medtronic's Paradigm Veo Wireless Insulin Pump Helps Prevent Hypoglycemia
Medtronic has released a new insulin pump/continuous glucose monitoring system, called Paradigm Veo, that features intelligent protection against episodes of hypoglycemia when the patient is ignoring the dropping sugar levels. After alerting the wearer of an oncoming event, the Paradigm Veo system automatically stops the insulin pump if the patient does not act on the warning. The system is now available for sale to much of the world, but Medtronic is still awaiting FDA clearance to market in the United States.
The Paradigm Veo System includes an insulin pump with a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system (provided by means of a separate sensor and transmitter). The patient uses readings from the monitor in conjunction with occasional confirmatory fingerstick blood glucose measurements to understand their current glucose level. Based on these results, the patient then programs the insulin pump to deliver an appropriate amount of insulin. Insulin combats high blood sugar, a key cause of heart disease and other long-term complications in type 1 diabetes.1 However, if data transmitted from the sensor show the patient’s glucose levels have dropped below a defined threshold, the device alarms to alert the patient. If these alarms are ignored, the insulin pump automatically suspends insulin delivery for up to two hours. This helps to protect against potentially dangerous hypoglycemic events.The Paradigm Veo is equipped with a Low Glucose Suspend18 (LGS) mechanism, which will halt insulin delivery automatically whenever your glucose levels are too low. This can help to reduce the risk of severe hypoglycaemia. And being a CGM-Ready pump, the Paradigm Veo system can offer you the advanced insight of Continuous Glucose Monitoring19 as well. Giving you all the information you need to make the right decisions:
Monitoring and recording your glucose levels 24/7
Allowing you to identify trends and make appropriate adjustments to your lifestyle/treatment
Warning you when your glucose levels stray from your target range
Press release: New Diabetes Device May Be Next Step in Quest for Artificial Pancreas...
Product page: Paradigm Veo...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
rethink autism Online Platform for Autism Therapy at Home
Therapy sessions for autistic kids are not only expensive, but can also present a daunting challenge that typically involves going to an unfamiliar clinical environment. To help parents and caretakers work directly with kids in their own home, rethink autism online training application has been developed. According to the company with the same name, the application is based on applied behavior analysis (ABA) techniques. By offering video demonstrations of effective therapeutic approaches, coupled with a platform for development of personalized lesson plans, rethink autism may serve as a complement to existing therapy sessions as well as an effective option for those without access to professionals.
Here's a company introduction to the rethink autism program:
Link: rethink autism
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Monday, August 31, 2009
orbiTouch Keyboard Helps Autistic Kids Get The Word Out
Computers can provide a layer of separation that can be helpful to interacting with autistic kids, consequently they have become a popular tool for one on one therapy sessions. The keyboard, though, can be too confusing and difficult to use and can itself become an obstacle to communication. And since autistic kids tend to be visual learners, a new project that uses a different type of keyboard is helping kids learn to communicate with their families and therapists. The orbiTouch from Blue Orb (Maitland, Florida) is a keyboard, originally developed for people with bad hands , that sports two controllers that, with the help of a color chart, let the user select which letter is to be typed.
The National Science Foundation reports on Project Blue Skies:
With Project Blue Skies, the hardware is matched to lesson plans, training aids such as games, and assessment tools. The two-grip device is ideal for people with autism because it is less distracting than a keyboard and does not require finger motion.In addition, the various letter and number combinations are created by matching color schemes indicated on the two grips, so the training curriculum matches well to a game-like environment.
Teachers guide the students and monitor their progress, ultimately helping the kids better communicate with their families. While the primary goal of Project Blue Skies is to help people with autism develop stronger social skills, McAlindon [Pete McAlindon of BlueOrb] is working with partners to start integrating standard coursework into the program.
Press release: Removing the Barriers of Autism
Link: Project Blue Skies
Product page: orbiTouch Keyless Ergonomic Keyboard
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Car Airbags Inspire New Needle Free Injection System
Though needle free injection systems exist for a variety of medications, each still has its drawbacks for patient comfort or effectiveness of drug delivery. 
The Engineer is reporting that a German company called pervormanc has developed an injection system with technology adapted from car airbags that may overcome the disadvantages caused by modern spring and compressed gas systems. At the heart of the PYROFAST system is a chemical mix that, once activated, creates a continuous and even pressure profile to push the drug into the skin. The creators of the PYROFAST believe that it is the uneven pressure that creates irritation as the gas or spring adjust through the injection cycle, creating a type of turbulence under the skin. The new system is said to deliver a 40 msec even burst of liquid or solid drugs that should help overcome the irritating turbulence.
More from The Engineer...
More about the PYROFAST needle free injection system...
Top image: Illustration of difference between needle and needle free subdermal injection.
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The $25 Incubator Aims to Save Countless Lives
A student project at Stanford University has led to the development of a low cost incubator powered by boiled water. 
Intended for premature babies born in the poor areas of the world, the $25 device is essentially a sleeping bag with a phase change material pouch that helps regulate the internal temperature of the child's environment.
The students involved in the development of the Embrace, which they hope can help thousands survive where $20,000 incubators are simply not to be found, have formed an organization called EmbraceGlobal.org to raise the money and distribute these units throughout the developing world.
Here's George Kembel, Executive Director of Stanford's Institute of Design (d.school), presenting the Embrace at the Chautauqua Institution in New York:
Product page: Embrace ...
Via d.school news...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Surgem Interactive Surgical Planning Environment for Pedi Hearts
Complicated pediatric cardiac surgeries, such as staged Fontan reconstruction in children born with an univentricular heart, present great challenges when planning for each procedure. Unique anatomies bring unknowns into the physiologic (hemodynamics) equation, often requiring surgeons to make difficult decisions when predicting the outcome of a specific approach. Now scientists at Georgia Tech and clinicians at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have developed a software tool that analyzes patients' own MRI scans to simulate various possible surgical options and their outcomes.
Georgia Tech reports:
The patient described in this paper, Amanda Mayer, age four, of Staten Island, N.Y., had previously undergone all three stages of the Fontan procedure at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, but developed severe complications. Her oxygen saturation was very low—only 72 percent, compared to normal levels of at least 95 percent—which indicated the possibility of abnormal connections between the veins and arteries in one of her lungs. Normally, the liver releases hormonal factors that prevent these abnormal connections, so the presence of the malformations indicated a low supply of hepatic blood to the lung.The image-based surgical planning consisted of five major steps: acquiring magnetic resonance images of the child’s heart at different times in the cardiac cycle, modeling the preoperative heart anatomy and blood flow, performing virtual surgeries, using computational fluid dynamics to model the proposed postoperative flow, and measuring the distribution of liver-derived hormonal factors and other clinically relevant parameters as feedback to the surgeon.
For this particular patient, the team saw a highly uneven flow distribution—the left lung was receiving about 70 percent of the blood pumped out by the heart, but only five percent of the hepatic blood. Both observations suggested left lung malformations, but closer examination of the flow structures in that particular patient revealed that the competition between different vessels at the center of the original Fontan connection effectively forced all hepatic factors into the right lung even though a vast majority of total cardiac output went to the left lung.
To facilitate the design of the surgical options that would correct this problem, Jarek Rossignac, Ph.D., a professor in Georgia Tech’s School of Interactive Computing, developed Surgem, an interactive geometric modeling environment that allowed the surgeon to use both hands and natural gestures in three-dimensions to grab, pull, twist and bend a three-dimensional computer representation of the patient’s anatomy. After analyzing the three-dimensional reconstruction of the failing cardiovascular geometry, the team considered three surgical options.
The research team then performed computational fluid dynamics simulations on all three options to investigate for each how well blood would flow to the lungs and the amount of energy required to drive blood through each connection design. These measures of clinical performance allowed the cardiologists and surgeons to conduct a risk/benefit analysis, which also included factors such as difficulty of completion and potential complications.
Of the three choices, Spray favored the option that showed a slightly higher energy cost but exhibited the best performance with regards to hepatic factor distribution to the left and right lungs. Five months after the surgery, Mayer showed a dramatic improvement in her overall clinical condition and oxygen saturation levels, which increased from 72 to 94 percent. Mayer is breathing easier and is now able to play actively like other children, according to her cardiologist, Donald Putman, M.D., of Staten Island, N.Y.
Here's a short demo of the interactive surgical planner:
Full story: MRI Simulation of Blood Flow Helps Plan Child's Delicate Heart Surgery...
Abstract in JACC Cardiovascular Imaging: Correction of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Using Image-Based Surgical Planning
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Friday, August 7, 2009
Continua Labels Roche's Glucose Data Manager
The Continua Health Alliance, an industry organization bringing interoperability to at-home medical devices, just certified the ACCU-CHEK Smart Pix device reader from Roche Diagnostics. The unit is designed to collect data from blood glucose meters and insulin pumps for historical analysis via charts and graphs. As long as patients purchase meters and pumps that are also Continua certified, the devices are guaranteed to seamlessly interact with each other regardless of the manufacturer.
Press release: Continua Health Alliance Spurs Personal Connected Health Market...
Product page: ACCU-CHEK Smart Pix device reader...
Flashback: First BP Monitor, Weight Scale Receive Continua Label; Two New Wireless Standards Unveiled for Medical Devices; Nonin Releases the First Continua Certified Product; Continua Set to Standardize Medtech Interoperability; On-Site Report: Continua Health Alliance Announced
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
MyGlucoHealth Adds SMS, Email Messaging Capabilities
Entra Health Systems out of San Diego, CA has been rolling out its Bluetooth powered glucose meter which can synchronize data with a computer or other devices. The firm has just announced that the MyGlucoHealth system, with which the company's meter interacts, can now send updates of patient's historical glucose trends, as well as reminders to check glucose or stock up on more strips.
By managing their individual online profile, each patient can establish high and low thresholds based on personal goals and health condition. The menu allows the patient to designate phone numbers for mobile phone text messages, as well as email addresses for recipients of alerts. In addition, there is a 'reminders' messaging feature on the MyGlucoHealth portal that allows the patient to set up a series of notifications to help them maintain a consistent level of testing, posting or a supply of strips. Reminders can be set up at 15-minute intervals throughout the day to alert the patient to test, upload their stored testing results or to order additional test strips when their supply is low. The website keeps count of strip usage and integrates with MyGlucoStore.com to notify the patient when it's time to order additional strips.MyGlucoHealth is the first FDA cleared and CE certified Bluetooth blood glucose meter. The meter, along with the MyGlucoHealth Network, form an integrated telehealth platform supporting patients and healthcare professionals in the control and treatment of diabetes. MyGlucoHealth gives patients more direct control over their care and provides clear lines of communication with clinicians and caregivers.
The MyGlucoHealth meter works in combination with a real-time online data collection network to upload and manage blood glucose readings using a mobile phone or PC. This eliminates the need for patients to maintain personal logbooks, improving data accuracy and removing the opportunity for incomplete or 'manufactured' readings. Using the MyGlucoHealth Portal at www.myglucohealth.net, or regional sites throughout the world, patients securely transmit and evaluate their daily readings while communicating those same results to their families, caregiver or diabetic care specialist.
Press release: MyGlucoHealth Adds Patient Messaging and Alerts System to Integrated Diabetes Monitoring Platform...
Product pages: MyGlucoHealth; MyGlucoMeter...
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» Diabetic Gadgets by Sascha Morawetz (April 28, 2008)
» Adiri Natural Nurser Ultimate Bottle Wins MDEA Award (April 17, 2008)
» NovoFine Autocover, a Needle for Insulin Injection (April 14, 2008)
» World's First Bluetooth Pulse Oximeter (April 10, 2008)
» Positive Results for Echo Therapeutics' Noninvasive Glucometer (April 9, 2008)
» Palmtop Computing Helps Autistics Communicate (April 3, 2008)
» Transave Liposomal Technology for Lung Diseases Like Cystic Fibrosis (April 2, 2008)
» ARUP Consult: The Physician's Guide to Lab Test Selection and Interpretation (March 27, 2008)
» seca 856: Organ and Diaper Scale (March 25, 2008)
» Medgadgets for Walking Rehabilitation, Peace in Mideast (March 24, 2008)
» AccuCirc for a Safer, Happier Bris (March 24, 2008)
» FreeStyle Navigator Continuous Glucose Monitor Approved in US (March 17, 2008)
» FDA Approves NIOX MINO for Asthma Monitoring (March 5, 2008)
» Pediatric Bright Futures Guidelines Go Mobile (March 5, 2008)
» Microwave Glucose Sensor for Bloodless Diabetes Monitoring (February 27, 2008)
» NanoStat Nasal Vaccine Technology Shows Promise (February 27, 2008)
» Fabric-based Electrodes for a More Comfortable ECG Experience (February 27, 2008)
» Soluvia Influenza Vaccine: Bright Future via Microinjection (February 14, 2008)
» Eardoc Offers Drug-free, Noninvasive Ear Pain Relief (Supposedly) (February 12, 2008)
» Intra-Intestinal Magnet Dynamics (February 12, 2008)
» P.L.E.A.S.E. = Painless Laser Epidermal System (February 8, 2008)
» GlucoMon Remote Diabetic Monitoring (February 7, 2008)
» Welch Allyn Introduces Digital MacroView Otoscope (February 6, 2008)
» Inflatable Scale for Baby's Tushy to Feel Cushy (February 6, 2008)
» Hologram-Based Sensors from Smart Holograms (February 4, 2008)
» Virtual Reality Teaches Autistic Children Safe Behaviors (January 29, 2008)
» Investigating Asthma Triggers (January 24, 2008)
» German-made Heart Pump for Children Needing Heart Transplants (January 21, 2008)
» FDA OK's Real-Time Test for Respiratory Viruses (January 18, 2008)
» ValiMed™ Medication Validation System Averts Medication Errors at University of Michigan (January 15, 2008)
» Ruckus Nation: Re-Mission Creators Take on Obesity (January 10, 2008)
» IdentityPal: The USB Medical Bracelet (January 8, 2008)
» Complete Wireless Diabetes Management In The Works (January 8, 2008)
» xTAG Respiratory Viral Panel Detects 12 Viruses (January 4, 2008)
» COR Insulin Wristwatch (December 17, 2007)
» VeinViewer Off to Europe (December 13, 2007)
» The Glucoboy for Diakids (December 7, 2007)
» In the Works: Light-guided Transluminal Catheter (December 6, 2007)
» Panda Baby Warmer from GE: Baked, Not Broiled (December 3, 2007)
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» Growth Hormone Injection in 3 Steps with easypod™ (November 28, 2007)
» Germans Deliver Better Baby Scales (November 26, 2007)
» Alfred E. Mann and Technosphere Insulin (November 16, 2007)
» From the Insane Parents Dept: Prenatal Plastic Surgery (November 7, 2007)
» 3M Introduces "Smart" Braces (November 5, 2007)
» Uncorrected Teeth Pacifiers Promotion (October 30, 2007)
» Captain's Log Helps Ugandan Children Recover from Cerebral Malaria (October 24, 2007)
» Asmair® pMDI (October 24, 2007)
» USCOM Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitor (October 17, 2007)
» NASA Technology to Aid Pediatric Pulmonary Research (September 24, 2007)
» Glucose Monitoring in Style (September 13, 2007)
» Inkjet Skin Patch (September 11, 2007)
» 3D Face Scan for Diagnosis of Genetic Syndromes (September 11, 2007)
» "Oxygen Sandwich" Offers Hope to Type I Diabetics (September 5, 2007)
» NIH to Help Develop Brain Temperature Meter (August 30, 2007)
» Glucose and BP Wristtop Monitor (August 28, 2007)
» A Funner Way to Prick (August 28, 2007)
» Carbon Nanotube Sensors to Predict Asthma Attacks (August 27, 2007)
» Melody™ Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Still Being Tested in the US (August 23, 2007)
» Signa HDe 1.5T MR Diagnostic Imaging System (August 22, 2007)
» The Jazz from AgaMatrix (August 20, 2007)
» Baby Socrates Better than Baby Einstein? (August 8, 2007)
» ViaNase Devices and Vortical Flow Technology Will Make Your Nose Go Round (June 22, 2007)
» Non-invasive Glucometer from OrSense Approved in Europe (June 21, 2007)
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» KASPAR the Robot Helps Kids Form Relationships (June 4, 2007)
» SC@OUT Helps Autistic Children Communicate (June 4, 2007)
» Re-mission Video (June 1, 2007)
» New Website Set to Tackle Childhood Obesity (May 31, 2007)
» Bioacoustic Sensor for Respiration Monitoring (May 21, 2007)
» Bill Gates, MIT Create Creepy Robot to Spy on Sick Kids (May 21, 2007)
» Intravascular Implant for Diabetes Cell Therapy (May 10, 2007)
» Norah's New Nose: Plastic surgery book for children (May 2, 2007)
» Wizzibug Buggy for Handicapped Peds (April 27, 2007)
» Debiotech's Insulin Nanopump™ (April 23, 2007)
» MAKE: How To Make a Skin Temperature Transmitting Device (April 12, 2007)
» Call a Name for Autistic Child's Sake (April 5, 2007)
» Bacterial Ear Infection? Try Spraying A Virus Up Your Nose (March 29, 2007)
» NiliMEDIX Insulin Pumps (March 27, 2007)
» Find Your Lost Child with a USB Drive (March 26, 2007)
» New Pediatric Continuous Glucose Monitors Approved (March 13, 2007)
» Forensics of the Immune System (March 13, 2007)
» BabySim for Infant Emergencies (March 12, 2007)
» LINKX Links Play and Language for Autistic Children (February 27, 2007)
» Fight Fat While Watching TV: New DVD To Educate Kids (February 23, 2007)
» MicroPyramid Technology by NanoPass (February 16, 2007)
» Study to Explore Using Magnets to Correct 'Sunken Chest' (February 14, 2007)
» Non-Invasive Preemptive Sepsis Monitor for the Smallest Patients (February 12, 2007)
» HumaPen Memoir, a Digital Insulin Pen (February 5, 2007)
» Immunity That's More Than Skin Deep (January 29, 2007)
» Maternal Cells in Child's Pancreas: A Possibility of New Therapeutic Approach to Diabetes? (January 25, 2007)
» Aliens, Cats, and Dyslexia, Oh my! (January 24, 2007)
» Skin Rashes Photo Gallery (January 22, 2007)
» An Insulin Pill on the Way? (January 10, 2007)
» The Melody™ Valve Approved in Canada (January 10, 2007)
» PEA POD® Infant Body Composition System (January 8, 2007)
» Virtual Reality Helps Young Burn Patients (January 4, 2007)
» GlucoMON®2 Wireless Glucose Meter (January 3, 2007)
» Cool-Cap System Gets FDA Nod (December 21, 2006)
» "Cuddly Dolls Offer Honest Answers About Anatomy" (December 14, 2006)
» Thomson Clinical Xpert (December 12, 2006)
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» Technology Helps Predict Outcome of Pediatric Heart Surgery (November 29, 2006)
» XStrain™ Technology (November 21, 2006)
» Wearable Babysitter? (November 20, 2006)
» Boston Keratoprosthesis in Children (November 17, 2006)
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» MediDive's Asthma Freedom Snorkel (November 13, 2006)
» Milk Bands (November 9, 2006)
» The LouseBuster (November 6, 2006)
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» Kid Treadmill (October 31, 2006)
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» A New Tool for Evaluating Learning Disabilities in Children (October 24, 2006)
» Software That Monitors Infants' Pain (October 18, 2006)
» Medwave's Fusion™ and Primo® (September 22, 2006)
» LeadCare II Blood Lead Test System (September 19, 2006)
» Targeted Molecular Diagnosis and Therapy in Rare Neonatal Diabetes (September 15, 2006)
» Let There Be Light: New Low-Cost Alternative for Neonatal Jaundice (August 22, 2006)
» Cute Needles: A Cognitive Therapy (August 21, 2006)
» C is for Crazy (August 3, 2006)
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» Synera™: A Bridge to Cannulation (June 21, 2006)
» Be Still, My Beating Heart (June 15, 2006)
» IntelliCot (June 1, 2006)
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» VeinViewer Shipped! (May 1, 2006)
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» Anty: It's OK to Shoot The Messenger (February 24, 2006)
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» The Hydron Implant Technology (January 20, 2006)
» MONSTIR: Imaging the Neonatal Brain (December 28, 2005)
» Pacifiers That Do More (December 20, 2005)
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» The SonoSite® MicroMaxx™ (November 29, 2005)
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» Games for Health to Speed Kids' Healing (October 5, 2005)
» Prototype SubQ Glucose Sensor to Be Featured at MoMA (September 29, 2005)
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» Mexico City's UNAM University Opened The World's Largest Robotic Training Center (September 27, 2005)
» Humanising Incubator (September 26, 2005)
» IGF Approved for Treating Short Stature (September 21, 2005)
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» iUVO - A Mobile Infusion System for Children (September 13, 2005)
» Exubera Inhaled Insulin (September 8, 2005)
» Don't Shake (September 6, 2005)
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» The youth these days is crazy for medgadgets (August 16, 2005)
» New System To Treat Middle Ear Problems (August 1, 2005)
» 8T DAZE of Compliance (July 28, 2005)
» RFID in the Nursery (July 21, 2005)
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» The PediPump™ (July 12, 2005)
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» RetCam™ for Retinopathy of Prematurity (June 6, 2005)
» ApriAlpha™, ApriAttenda: Home Life Support Robots (June 1, 2005)
» Vein Entry Indicator Device (VEID™) (May 23, 2005)
» Babysim (May 20, 2005)
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» The Cool-Cap (May 13, 2005)
» In the Works: Baby Emotion Translator (May 9, 2005)
» The Actifier (April 25, 2005)
» GlucoMON (March 30, 2005)
» SmartKlamp: the fine art of male circumcision (March 21, 2005)
» Vitajet™ 3 (March 18, 2005)
» Berlin Heart EXCOR (March 14, 2005)
» Vasotrac Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitor (March 9, 2005)
» PARI TREK ™ Compact Compressor (March 7, 2005)
» Joey™ Umbilical Safety System (February 16, 2005)
» First Touch™ Non-Invasive Fetal Scalp Electrode (February 16, 2005)
» In the works: baby alert system (February 10, 2005)
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