Thanks for letting us know, Lisa. <BR />I have not heard of this. <BR />Mary <BR /><BR /><BR />----- Original Message -----<BR />From: Lisa Belville via Diabetes-Talk <diabetes-talk@nfbnet.org><BR />To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk@nfbnet.org><BR />Date: 05/18/2022 05:47 PM<BR />Subject: [Diabetes-Talk] Pogo Glucose Monitoring system, is it real?<BR /><BR />Hi, all.<BR /><BR /><BR />My sister just told me about a new device called the Pogo that was just <BR />approved by the FDA. Apparently you stick a finger in it like you would <BR />a blood oxygen monitor, and it draws a small sample of blood and tests <BR />it by using a lancet and a test strip that's in a cartridge that's <BR />inserted into the device. It uses replaceable cartridges that have the <BR />lancets and strips included in the cartridge. It has audible alarms if <BR />a reading is considered too high or low. I'm not sure if this is <BR />customizable, or if the alarms are a different sound for too high or too <BR />low. The device itself doesn't speak, but there are apps so it can be <BR />paired with an Android or iOS phone. This thing supposedly doesn't <BR />require a prescription.<BR /><BR /><BR />The price my sister found was $68 for the device. Not sure about the <BR />cartridges.<BR /><BR /><BR /><BR />Obviously, this would be a huge breakthrough for anyone who has great <BR />difficulty getting an accurate test reliably.<BR /><BR /><BR />Has anyone tried this, and are the Smart Phone apps accessible?<BR /><BR /><BR />I haven't heard anyone mention this on any diabetes or tech list, so I <BR />hope it's not a pie in the sky thing.<BR /><BR /><BR />Lisa<BR /><BR /><BR />-- <BR />Lisa Belville<BR />missktlab1217@frontier.com<BR /><BR /><BR />_______________________________________________<BR />Diabetes-Talk mailing list<BR />Diabetes-Talk@nfbnet.org<BR />http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org<BR />To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Diabetes-Talk:<BR />http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/diabetes-talk_nfbnet.org/mdavisforalternatives%40gmail.com