[Diabetes-talk] smart lancet

[COLLEEN ROTH]

Hi Mike,
I do not have a problem poking my finger. 
My problem is getting enough blood to get it on the strip and get a reading.
Thanks for the info.
Colleen Roth



----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org
Date: Monday, May 20, 2013 12:01 pm
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] smart lancet

>
>
> 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.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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> >> Ask yourself what Tim Berners-lee would do.
> >> 
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