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Hi eveveryone,

We are developing a new blood glucose device. Any suggestions on how to improve your device to make it more comfortable, afforbale, more accurate would be greatly appreciated.

What kind of devices would you prefer to use to measure your blood glucose level?

What do you like and don't like about your current devices? Any suggestions on how to improve your device?

Thanks and waiting for your kind replies!
 
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This is probably not the feedback you want to hear, but it's the truth...

We get this question literally several times a week. People like you join and ask the same questions, receive the same answers, and then fade away from the forum shortly afterwards. I'm not being rude, just honest.

If you're looking for answers to your current questions, they're spread around on the forum and there are literally hundreds of threads where people have asked the same questions.

My advice to you and your company is this: ask better questions.
Why? Because the questions you're asking aren't going to lead to anything innovative, unique, or unconventional. It's taking an existing solution to an existing problem rather than discovering new problems and developing new solutions.

Bottom line, if you want to find out more about the existing devices on the market, go buy them and expense them through your company. If you want to find about more about people with diabetes and the problems they face, find a way to restructure your questions and ask again. I think you'll get more useful feedback that way.

Side note: I'm always glad to see anyone or any company devoting time and resources to developing new diabetes technology. My intention is not to deter you from asking questions, but rather to encourage you to ask the RIGHT questions.
 
I have an insulinx. What I like: needs not much blood. Bolus calculator. Light.

What I would improve: more finely graduated steps than just 0.5 for IE/BE, more different time zones for this
And - there is no need to test the blood when eating and using extra insulin one hour after last usage - usage of the bolus calculator without a prior blood test.

That's it. For me.
 
I use the Freestyle Libre and love everything about it, except the price.

If you produced a competitive device, at a lower price (say £10 a week instead of £25), and increased the accuracy, then you would have a winner.

Otherwise, no point in re-inventing the wheel, is there?
 
Personally, I don't think the solution is to lower the price. Instead, I think it's a matter of finding a way to get someone else to pay.

Companies are paying HUGE sums of money for information (think Facebook, Google, etc) so why not find a way to incorporate this into a glucometer? You could even be more specific and design a cloud-based solution that somehow records and analyzes that information.

Not only would this effectively lower the price for us as consumers, but the data could be potentially used to develop new treatments.
 
Hi MarcoRiveira, yes, I agree with you on that devices that does not need penetration the skin and drawing the blood is way better and convenient. There are such devices out there that does not require skin penetration and drawing blood, which are patented but not yet on the market I guess...
 
Yes, I also saw one article about measuring from sweat - http://www.designntrend.com/articles/69227/20160128/new-sweat-monitor-replace-blood-tests.htm

Of course, consistent accuracy is most important, and not end up like Theranos' product, marketed already but inaccurate, which translates to dangerous.

Even Google, the company, is into it now :

http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/13/google-developing-bandage-sized-glucose-monitor.html

http://www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/newsflash-google-is-developing-glucose-sensing-contact-lenses
 
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MarcoRiveira, great articles, and fully agree on accuracy of the devices. Yes, but Google is not the only company who has the same technology, and I think they use, but it is great to know the devices are getting smaller and more convenient.
 
Hello everyone, I have a question for you who use the devices to measure the blood glucose - how do you measure your BG and how are the current devices accurate?
 
London_2015 said:
Hello everyone, I have a question for you who use the devices to measure the blood glucose - how do you measure your BG and how are the current devices accurate?
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When I first went to buy a meter, I was overwhelmed by the choices at the store, so went back home without one. I wouldn't know by myself how accurate a meter is unless I had access to a hospital device, so I relied on reviews.

I got the Freestyle Freedom Lite, after checking online, like its performance from Consumer Labs who compared meters referenced to a hospital device, and came across Dr. Bernstein recommending it as having good accuracy. The problem, for me who doesn't get free test strips from insurance, is the cost of the strips. On the other hand, I don't test often nowadays.

I got the Accu-check Fastclix lancing device, it doesn't make my fingers sore like the one that came with the Freestyle, less pain that sometimes I thought it didn't work, and convenient. So there must be something to their claim that it works with less tissue damage.

I hope the product being developed by Glucosense will see the light of day. I'd be happy if its initial offering will only be like Freestyle Libre's accuracy, at least, one can test frequently just to see a pattern, and no need to buy anything else. Of course, depends on cost too.
 
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TorqPenderloin said:
Personally, I don't think the solution is to lower the price. Instead, I think it's a matter of finding a way to get someone else to pay.

Companies are paying HUGE sums of money for information (think Facebook, Google, etc) so why not find a way to incorporate this into a glucometer? You could even be more specific and design a cloud-based solution that somehow records and analyzes that information.

Not only would this effectively lower the price for us as consumers, but the data could be potentially used to develop new treatments.
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Not sure I want companies having my personal medical information and doing whatever they like with it.

I was going to download the OneTouch Reveal software but decided against as I didn’t like the privacy policy.
 
London_2015 said:
Hello everyone, I have a question for you who use the devices to measure the blood glucose - how do you measure your BG and how are the current devices accurate?
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I use an SD Codefree meter prick finger and measure.. as to accuracy how are we supposed to know? I can get different results from the same blood spot using two of the same strips. I usually monitor trends not absolutes but I'm a well controlled diet only Type 2 so it's less important for me.
 
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