Thursday, August 17, 2006

GlucoPhone: A Diabetics' Cellphone

Filed under: Medicine

Gizmodo is reporting that a company called Healthpia America has developed an integrated cell phone-glucometer system that "uses custom software along with an LG UX5000, VX5200, or LX350 and a Glucopack."

According to the company's website, they believe that their system is "the world's first, all-in-one, glucometer cell phone and service for managing diabetes remotely. Whether you're a guardian, physician, or healthcare institution, you can provide 24/7 support and emergency intervention to Diabetes Phone subscribers -- anytime, anywhere. It's a full disease management system." For now, it seems, the system as well as the website are being built: details are scant and internet pages are under construction. Plus there is no evidence that the device has been approved by the FDA.

Company site...

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