Future of diabetes devices could be a 'Charmr'
It's never easy living with a chronic disease--let alone one like diabetes, which constantly challenges patients' willpower and requires self-administered medications.
Amy Tenderich, who writes the blog DiabetesMine.com, is one of 20 million Americans diagnosed with the illness. In a post in April, Tenderich wrote an "Open Letter to Steve Jobs," hoping to appeal to the creative mastermind.
Amy Tenderich
(Credit: DiabetesMine.com)She asked him to come up with an innovative product that would enable diabetics to throw away their bulky gear--blood glucose monitors and insulin pumps--for trendier contraptions that would perform the same functions. Although Tenderich's plea got mixed feedback from readers, most of them agreed that an upgraded design would save millions of diabetics from the embarrassment of bulky, outdated gadgetry.
Although Apple designers have yet to respond to Tenderich's post (as far as we know), another San Francisco Bay Area-based company has. At its UX Week conference in Washington D.C. Tuesday, Adaptive Path announced a prototype for a sleeker, more functional blood glucose monitor, called the Charmr (see a video demonstration), and an insulin pump that users can apply directly to their bodies as an adhesive. They researched extensively, interviewing diabetics and consulting with Tenderich, a valuable source of information and a link to the diabetes community.
While the Charmr vaguely resembles an iPod Nano, it has an appeal of its own. The device allows users to monitor the trends of their blood sugar levels, as well as administer insulin via a sweat-proof patch. Not to mention, the device allows for wear on the wrists, or as a keychain or necklace--all of which let the device simply appear to be another mysterious gadget, as opposed to a complex medical apparatus. Furthermore, the Charmr will triple as a USB drive that allows users to view daily trends and patterns of their condition, and other special features.
does, however, somewhat resemble an iPod shuffle (1G). Still, it
looks like a *very* cool piece of technology?one that almost rivals
something from Apple. Now if they could just come up with
something for all the type 2 and/or 3 diabetics out there?.
little color to the Mini, but what about a matching case.
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- by sambrowna September 3, 2008 11:59 PM PDT
- Soon, rapidly advancing minimally invasive and non-invasive glucose monitoring will combine with novel drug delivery techniques to completely transfigure the diabetes market, and almost triple its value to $10 billion by 2010.
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(4 Comments)The Future of Diabetes Diagnostics: Monitoring & Management in 2010 surveys the converging technological and market developments to extrapolate the shape and value of the market for these new monitoring and treatment technologies. This report answers key questions about the future now.
When will non-invasive glucose monitoring come to market? Who will get there first? What will happen to traditional monitoring techniques, including the consumables? Will bloodless insulin delivery be combined with non-invasive monitoring? When? How will the increase in incidence in the developing world impact the market for these new techniques? For traditional techniques? The report examines all of the key areas in diabetes monitoring and insulin delivery devices, including:
* Painless and minimally invasive devices
* Non-invasive devices
* Implanted devices
* Interstitial fluid testing
* Telemedicine and remote monitoring
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