We’re excited to hear about Lifescan’s
new iPhone application that lets users upload glucose readings to their
iPhone. Unlike past diabetes applications that require manual typing
of each number, the app should use Bluetooth or a dock connector to
pull in your numbers from your blood glucose monitor. Users can send
readings and include a message to others. People with diabetes can build
meal plans and create an injection schedule for insulin with “easy
tagging” of pre- or post-meal. It sounds like there is a food database
built in, enhancing the basic bolus calculator-device of providing an
estimate of insulin needed for each meal.
Readings can then be shown on a chart and we bet this will help people (like us!) who usually need a nudge to get logging! Lifescan reps have cited the ability to send data to caregivers, but we think this will be most useful for parent-children teams in managing diabetes. Of course, having an iPhone or iTouch is a huge barrier, but it’s a start to moving diabetes to an all-in-one device, and we can’t wait to try it out!
this is great about the iPhone - i'm an iTouch user and would really like to try it. That is a fascinating interview with David Detmers - thank you for pointing us to it!
Posted by: Kelly Close | 04/24/2009 at 08:14 AM
"During our interview Detmers noted that the demonstration yesterday was of a prototype application that LifeScan created specifically for the event to show what medical devices can do when connected with iPhone 3.0. Detmers stressed that the demo was not meant to represent a fully-defined commercial product that is imminent. Apple asked LifeScan just a few weeks ago to create a prototype for the event and LifeScan was all too happy to participate, but a product like the one shown is not on the verge of a commercial launch."
The full story...http://mobihealthnews.com/973/interview-lifescan-on-iphone-30/
Posted by: Kevin | 04/23/2009 at 09:52 PM
this is good programs.....and very useful for diabetic
Posted by: diabetic symptoms | 04/21/2009 at 09:20 PM
Great post! I can't wait to try this product out, but I do feel as though sometimes we forget about the everyday physical pains associated with diabetes when we become more technology focused. Injecting yourself daily is not only a hassle but can be very painful. Even worse, many people on various blogs I've recently read and people I know personally, have stopped taking their injections or eat less in order to be able to skip an insulin shot. The i-port is a new invention designed to take the shots for you. You adhere it to your body once, and it takes your shots for you without any pain for the next 3 days. It was also created by a woman with diabetes as a solution to the daily hassles she was dealing with. I definitely think this product is worth mentioning. It may not be as technologically advanced as an iphone app, but it definitely helps with the daily struggles. Check it out if you’re interested: http://www.i-port.com/about.php
Posted by: Leslie Smith | 04/13/2009 at 09:11 AM