Thursday, January 10, 2008

Dexcom to work with Animas

Recently it was Dexcom and OmniPod, now it's Dexcom and Animas.

Today the two companies announced that they will work together to integrate Dexcom continuous glucose monitoring into Animas insulin pumps.

"The new technology will enable the Animas® pump to receive glucose readings and display this information on the pump’s color screen. Users will have access to real-time glucose readings and trending in addition to receiving alerts for low and high glucose readings. Having real-time readings displayed on the pump screen will not only allow users to make more timely adjustments to their insulin delivery – it will eliminate a separate receiver, reducing the amount of equipment required to use CGM and the pump system."

According to the news report this should be available in 2009 or early 2010. And again it's a non-exclusive agreement, leaving Dexcom free to work with other pump makers.

Labels: Animas, CGM, Dexcom, insulin pump

8 Comments:

At January 10, 2008 2:28 PM , Windy said...: Good news for me!!
At January 10, 2008 6:45 PM , Anonymous said...: this is great!!
At January 10, 2008 6:46 PM , Anonymous said...: This Is Great!!
At January 11, 2008 9:42 AM , Anne said...: great news, since I didn't want to switch from my waterproof animas pump! yay!
At January 11, 2008 9:40 PM , Windy said...: Bernard, my rep told me today that very soon you will be able to use other meters, such as the Freestyle (that's my preference) to calibrate the Dexcom. I'm not a fan of the Ultra meters.
At January 11, 2008 10:58 PM , Cara said...: Intresting. Honestly, as much as I love my MiniMed, had Animas been as far along technology wise when I got a pump, I probably would have gone with the Animas. I like their design and the food catalog.
But Minimed was so close to integrated CGMS when I got my pump that I couldn't pass it up. I guess it really didn't matter anyway since my insurance company is dragging their feet about approving my CGMS anyway. Oh well.
At January 13, 2008 11:49 AM , manny hernandez said...: YEEEPEE!!!!

It keeps getting better and better, amigo.
At January 14, 2008 9:11 PM , Naomi said...: Wow, that's really wonderful. We're not pumping yet, because Daniel is not ready to have stuff attached to him all the time. But the more integrated all these things get, the easier it will be. Until we get that CURE!

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: Name: Bernard Farrell; Location: Massachusetts, United States

I was born in Ireland and now live in the US. I have had Type 1 diabetes for over 35 years. I struggle with my blood sugar, the same as most people with diabetes. I currently wear a Minimed 512 insulin pump and will shortly switch to a Cozmo 1800 pump. I also wear a Dexcom CGM to track my blood glucose levels. I also take Symlin to help control my post-meal blood sugars. I'm blessed by God, and every day brings the possibility of a cure.

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