[Diabetes-talk] smart lancet

[Mike Freeman]

Colleen: 
No, the device is strictly for burning a hole in your finger. There used to be a system that punctured your finger, collected the blood and gave you a reading but the system wasn't accessible and it wasn't very successful either as it went off the market rather quickly. There are too many variables to allow a mechanical device like that to function reliably. 
I'm afraid there are no magic answers here. 

Mike Freeman


On May 20, 2013, at 8:20, COLLEEN ROTH <n8tnv at att.net> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
> Does this device actually collect the bood from your finger or do you still have to get the blood on to the strip?
> I am still having a lot of trouble getting bood on to the strip.
> I have a lot of difficulty because I have very thick blood, kind of like molasses, I have Polycythemia) which means my blood produces too much iron.
> I actually have to have a pint taken off every couple of months.
> Sometimes even when other people poke my finger they get any blood. I do all of the things they tell you to do. I rather-but my finger, run it under hot water, squeeze the finger after I poke it, place finger on table and try to get lancet and strip to meet.
> It's not a real problem right now but if I really had to know what my blood sugar was because I was running high or low I would have a problem.
> If this device actually could capture the blood it would be worth $400 to me.
> The aternative if I can't get my blood onto a strip doesn't look too pretty. Right now I am taking 1000 mg. Metformin two times a time.
> My a1c is still about 5.3.
> If you have any info on this device and where I can call to get more info please let me know.
> Thanks,
> 
> Colleen Roth
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: "'Diabetes Talk for the Bl'" <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Sunday, May 19, 2013 7:28 pm
> Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] smart lancet
> 
>> 
>> 
>> The market would be quite large were the cost of such a device sufficiently
>> low.
>> 
>> In fact, one such device already exists — but it costs $400 or so and it's
>> not tiny; it's a box a few inches across and high with a small protuberance
>> that sticks out of the box under which you place the finger to be lanced. A
>> laser than burns a minuscule hole in the skin of the finger, presumably
>> burning the hole into a capillary so blood will ooze out. The device is
>> battery-operated but doesn't exactly fit in a pocket.
>> 
>> Mike Freeman
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diabetes-talk [mailto:diabetes-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> Jude DaShiell
>> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2013 4:00 AM
>> To: diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Diabetes-talk] smart lancet
>> 
>> Remember I wrote earlier on this list about the need for a lancet that 
>> wouldn't punch dry holes?  Well as it turns out, I've been talking with an 
>> inventor of dental and medical devices who has patents already in his 
>> name.  He says it is entirely feasible to make a lancet like this.  He 
>> needs to know if something like this were made, what would the market be 
>> for such a lancet across the diabetic community.  I met him accidentally, 
>> turns out he works for the Dentist I now am with.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> jude <jdashiel at shellworld.net> About to block another web browser version?  
>> Ask yourself what Tim Berners-lee would do.
>> 
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