DexCom makes a diabetes monitor
system that is especially useful because it has 3 components:
1. A small Sensor that measures
glucose levels just underneath the skin.
2. Transmitter that is fastened on top of the sensor and sends data
wirelessly to the receiver.
3. Receiver displays your child’s glucose trends in vivid colors
so you can easily see when it’s high, low or within range.
(above from the DexCom
website www.dexcom.com
)
A story in today’s Wall
Street Journal says that DexCom is readying an app to for Apple iWatch, and it
will take the transmitted data from the sensors and put it in easy viewing on
the wrist. It already links to an
iPhone. Raw data is thereby interpreted
with graphs and colors so action needed is more obvious than just “raw data”.
The iWatch app would be a
nice evolution or upgrade from having similar data sent to an iPhone, as a
child might not either have an iPhone, or be allowed to bring one into
classrooms at school or in a sports situation. A watch face just makes much
more sense than a smart phone monitor screen.
FDA regulates such devices
and prescribes levels of scrutiny depending on the device and accuracy (I
presume). FDA is expected to approve the
data appearing on the iWatch.
All this should be good news,
not only for parents of Type I diabetic
children, but for investors who own Apple stock.
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