One Drop launches Chrome Blood Glucose Monitoring with HealthKit on Apple's online store
One Drop on Wednesday launched the Chrome Blood Glucose Monitoring Kit on Apple's online store, offering a heavily iOS-based option for people suffering from diabetes.
The centerpiece of the kit is its FDA-certified meter, which transmits data to the One Drop Mobile app via Bluetooth. On top of iPhone and iPod touch support, a companion Apple Watch app is available.
Also bundled are a lancing device, 10 lancets, and 100 test strips. The lancer is said to sit flush against a finger, thanks in part to adjustable depth settings, and require just a small drop of blood, 0.5 microliters. People who want a regular source of test strips can subscribe to a service called One Drop Premium, which costs $39.95 per month or $399.95 per year, and comes with other benefits like a discount on the meter and access to diabetics support.
The Mobile app is also available for Android, but on iOS features both HealthKit and CareKit integration, the latter letting people share data with doctors and caregivers. Using the app centralizes tracking of glucose levels, food, activity, and medication.
On Apple's online store, the Chrome kit costs $99.95. A One Drop Premium subscription lowers this price to $79.95. The iOS app is a free download and runs on iOS 9 or later.
The centerpiece of the kit is its FDA-certified meter, which transmits data to the One Drop Mobile app via Bluetooth. On top of iPhone and iPod touch support, a companion Apple Watch app is available.
Also bundled are a lancing device, 10 lancets, and 100 test strips. The lancer is said to sit flush against a finger, thanks in part to adjustable depth settings, and require just a small drop of blood, 0.5 microliters. People who want a regular source of test strips can subscribe to a service called One Drop Premium, which costs $39.95 per month or $399.95 per year, and comes with other benefits like a discount on the meter and access to diabetics support.
The Mobile app is also available for Android, but on iOS features both HealthKit and CareKit integration, the latter letting people share data with doctors and caregivers. Using the app centralizes tracking of glucose levels, food, activity, and medication.
On Apple's online store, the Chrome kit costs $99.95. A One Drop Premium subscription lowers this price to $79.95. The iOS app is a free download and runs on iOS 9 or later.
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Continuous monitoring systems are the future but expensive. Strange results still need to confirmed with a pin prick and a real blood sample but the less pin pricks the better
The last time I checked, the Abbot unit could not send alerts while you slept (in case of hipoglucemia). You had to actively scan for the reading.
If they can figure out a way to alert on hipoglucemia during sleep it would be a great advance.
Dexcom is another company with good continuous glucose metering. Also expensive though.
Only Apple so far.
The freestyle unit lasts for two weeks which is longer than the dexcom, is it not? From reviews they are very similar in accuracy and the freestyle is less expensive to run, I think. And it is pre calibrated. It is available in the UK, which is why I know of it. I heard from parents who were so happy they could scan their kids at night without waking them up. I also know kids don't like stopping what they are doing and getting their 'kit' out every time they eat.
But yeah, once continuous monitoring becomes accurate enough and linked to an insulin pump you have an artificial pancreas. That is pretty neat and will help a lot of people!