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This looks expensive...

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#3 ·
Would be a boon for insulin-dependent diabetics. I didn't find a cost on their website.

Key facts:

- Initial market launch in Europe expected at the end of 2016

- Real-time healthcare monitoring from the comfort of the users' home, workplace etc

- App can be connected via the cloud to virtual GP / healthcare professionals for treatment interventions

- 24 hour continuous use per patch

- Requires finger-prick test for calibration, only when new patch is used (my edit: which is once per day)

- Device lifespan estimate: two years
 
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Sounds like it will only be as accurate as your meter is, hopefully it is more consistent than most meters and user habits.
 
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I heard rumors from Dexcom as well that in the next 2 years, they will have CGM devices that sound a lot like this one as well. Very cool though looks like we'll have to wait a while before either comes to the US market.

As for price, I bet they will be similar to what people pay now. I was just looking into the Dexcom G5. The monitor is $700 and each sensor (lasting 1 week) is about $80.
 
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From what I have read, sensors have to be calibrated at least twice a day. So the first day with a sensor, it is going to be less accurate than say the 7th day with your old sensor, which at this point has at least 14 calibration points. To calibrate, you have to do a finger stick and then tell the CGM what your BG is.

Just a guess but from measurement to measurement, I assume that a CGM is more consistent, but not more accurate. As we know, part of a meter's inconsistency is that we don't always take the same size drop, etc. But since it's being calibrated against your meter, it's only as accurate as the meter.
 
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