Thanks for this, the company's website says - Our first generation continuous glucose monitoring, or CGM, system is a reliable, long-term, implantable CGM system that we have designed to continually and accurately measure glucose levels in people with diabetes for a period of up to 90 days...... I am not clear whether implanted means the whole thing is under the skin? Does anyone know more?This does look good http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34077192 lets hope if not funded by the NHS it will be affordable for our pockets. (That's if it's reliable)
Looking at the pictures it appears the sensor is under the skin and transmitter on top like the dexcom.Thanks for this, the company's website says - Our first generation continuous glucose monitoring, or CGM, system is a reliable, long-term, implantable CGM system that we have designed to continually and accurately measure glucose levels in people with diabetes for a period of up to 90 days...... I am not clear whether implanted means the whole thing is under the skin? Does anyone know more?
You need to click on the transmitter info as wellthanks, CarbsRoc, i went to the site - in "the product" section is says "unlike current glucose sensors, the Senseonics Sensor is intended to be implanted subcutaneously on the upper arm with no sensor part protruding from the skin" - as i have never used a CGM, or seen one, i am not sure how different this one is - the video looks very interesting, i would definitely like to try one..
Also read the FAQ as it tells you there that the device is implanted under a local and removed by a small incision being made to remove it.The versatile Senseonics Transmitter is designed to wirelessly interact with the Sensor and the Mobile Medical Application.
Worn on the upper arm, the small Transmitter is intended to wirelessly power the normally dormant Sensor to activate the glucose measurement process. The Transmitter is designed to receive the necessary data from the Sensor and to calculate the glucose concentration. The glucose data is then sent by the Transmitter to a smartphone via Bluetooth.
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