Top 5 Diabetes Gadgets
A disease like diabetes requires continuous self-care. The good news for them is that the self care technology has improved a lot. There are numerous gadgets available for them which can make their life a little bit easier. Here are top 5 gadgets that will assist you to carry out the best possible care yourself.
1. OmniPod Insulin Pump

For those who need to take daily insulin doses, OmniPod is a bliss. All you have to do is stick this OmniPod on your abdomen, lower back, arm or anywhere that your health care provider has shown you and forget about it. It does not have painful injections or schedules and you can move, dress, bathe and sleep as you please. It also has built in blood glucose meter.
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2. GlucoPhone

This is a blood glucose monitor that can be integrated with your cellphone making it the most convenient blood glucose monitor. The test result can be stored in an online electronic logbook which can be accessed by patients or other authorized caregiver they choose which eliminates the need for recording the data manually. You can also configure it to send text messages to anyone who is authorized by the patient enabling real-time remote monitoring.
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3. SEVEN PLUS Glucose Monitoring System

This easy to use wireless device measures your glucose level 24 hours a day. It shows you new glucose reading every 5 minutes and updates your trend to show you where your glucose level is, where it has been, and where it’s headed. The SEVEN PLUS also shows you how fast your glucose levels are changing so you can do something about it before the dreaded high or low happens.
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4. i-port Injection Port

This is a small medication delivery channel through which you can inject without puncturing your skin everytime. When applying the iPort a soft cannula will be inserted via a insertion needle. Once applied it can be worn upto 72 hours and can accommodate 75 injections.
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5. Medi-Jector Vision Needle Free Insulin Delivery System

It uses pressure to create a micro-thin stream of insulin that penetrates the skin in a fraction of a second. It can be used with all brands of U-100 insulin in vials. The disposable, multi-use needle-free syringes allow easy viewing of the full insulin dose.
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April 11th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
[...] What can not be cured must be endured. And diabetes perfectly fits in to this category. Any disease is bad but diabetes is perhaps the most annoying and widely spread disease in the world. You can not come out with it, you don’t know when you will fall prey or how to prevent it in particular. So gadgetophilia today brings in 5 such gadgets that will help any diabetic to make life easier as far as monitoring and well-being is concerned. So, here is your top 5 gadgets for diabetics. [...]
April 11th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
These are all great tools to help people with diabetes monitor their blood glucose levels and care for themselves. These tools, combined with diet and exercise and good dental care, should make living with diabetes easier. On my blog at http://www.dentistryfordiabetics.com, I write extensively about the links between oral health and physical health for people who have diabetes or prediabetes.