Glucose Monitor Integrated into PDA

A new glucose monitoring system for diabetics has been integrated into a personal digital assistant (PDA).

The new diabetes monitoring and management system enables patients to test for glucose levels and get a read-out on the PDA screen, graph and chart the results over time, review carbohydrate food lists to track food intake, and create reminders about testing or dietary choices. For doctors, the system provides an accurate time-stamped record of the glucose levels of patients as well as patient-entered events and data that affect their health to make better diagnoses and recommendations for the their diabetic care.

The monitoring device, called FreeStyle Tracker, has been incorporated into the Handspring Visor PDA. The system, which has been cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is the product of TheraSense, Inc. (Alameda, CA, USA).

"You get the accuracy, alternate site testing capability, and the world's smallest sample size of our virtually pain-free FreeStyle system combined with sophisticated diabetes management tools integrated into a PDA,” said Mark Lortz, president and CEO of TheraSense.




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