Seemingly ages ago, in a 2009 Steve Jobs presentation unveiling the new features of iPhone OS 3.0 (before it was renamed iOS), a J&J company named Lifescan demonstrated a device that took advantage of Apple’s newly provided connectivity to the 30 pin dock connector.
The demonstration produced ripples of interest in the medical community since it was the first glimpse of how hardware and software could work together to extend smartphones into real medical devices that follow patients wherever they go. However, in an interview with Mobihealthnews, the company admitted that it was just a demonstration unit without a clear path to commercialization at that time.
Now, Sanofi-Aventis and AgaMatrix have unveiled a commercial device that combines an advanced glucometer with an iOS app that shares glucose data with patients’ providers. As Medgadget reports, the product still requires 510(k) approval before being deployed as a medical device. At this time, it is not clear when this might occur.
Almost makes me want to become diabetic… Almost…
Now if somebody can just figure out the gameplay to make people behave healthy …
maybe make every mcdonald have one of these, and if your hbA1c is > 8.5, no big mac for you. one can only wish…
where do i buy this?
Yes, where can we buy this?? My iPhone comes in Tuesday and i’m very interested in making this whole “living with diabetes” thing a whole lot simpler. This would be awesome because it would mean one less bulky thing to carry around with me everywhere!
the iBGStar Glucometer is now available at the Apple Store & Walgreens (!)