Bayer's Didget Blood Glucose Meter
Bayer's Didget meter was developed in conjunction with Paul Wessel who is the father of a child with type 1 diabetes. He realized that his son, Luke, was constantly losing his blood glucose meter but could always find his Nintendo Game Boy.
Plug it into a Nintendo
Paul left his job in 2000 to found Guidance Interactive Healthcare, which, with support from Nintendo, developed a product that would better help his son manage his diabetes. Bayer has worked with Paul, who is now a Bayer Diabetes Care employee, to develop the Didget.
This is a first-of-its-kind blood glucose meter that connects directly to Nintendo D and Nintendo D Lite gaming systems. The idea being that children can be encouraged to make more of an effort to manage their diabetes by being rewarded for adhering to good testing habits.
Ready to do tests straight out of the box, it has a 5-second test time and requires only a small 0.6 μL blood sample and features Bayer’s No Coding technology.
Bayer's Didget Technical Information
- Strips: The Didget meter uses CONTOUR Test Strips, available on prescription.
- PIP Code 304-0279, GMS Code 81537.
- Data: 480-test result memory.
- Support: Access to Bayer's Didget World is an exclusive web community for children with diabetes.
- Contact: £29.99 [€32.99 in the Republic of Ireland]/ Price includes a donation of £5 to The JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation), P&P additional.
