@GlookoInc Upgrade: Carbs

Glooko has an upgrade out. Makes it easier to look up carbs and "with one click add the value to your note."

Their email goes on to say,"Say goodbye to your bulky carb counter book and hello to a comprehensive digital food database. No more adding up carbs in your head, or recording them on paper. Use Glooko Logbook to search nutritional information, adjust for serving sizes, and automatically enter in your logbook.  Tracking the food you eat anytime, anywhere on your iPhone and putting it context of your blood glucose readings, helps you stay on top of monitoring diabetes.   

Upgrade to the newest version of the Glooko Logbook app on iTunes." 

Click here for a previous YDMV Glooko post

Check them out on the web http://www.glooko.com/
or Twitter: http://twitter.com/GlookoInc

iBGStar Blood Glucose Meter for iPhone Now Approved in U.S.

From the News Wire:

iBGStar blood glucometer attachment for the iPhone, developed by AgaMatrix and commercialized by Sanofi, has received FDA approval.  The iBGStar uses the iPhone as a beautiful visualization tool to keep track of glucose readings, food and insulin intake, and exercise.http://medgadget.com/2011/12/ibgstar-blood-glucose-meter-for-iphone-now-approved-in-u-s.html

Sanofi Press Release




Prior YDMV posts on iBGStar:
http://www.ydmv.net/search?q=ibgstar

iPod Blood Glucose Meter from Sanofi-Aventis & Wavesense.

Sanofi-Aventis announced a BG meter for your iPod / iPhone. Just plugs right in there. This is part of Sanofi-Adventis' working with the creative folks at AgaMatrix aka WaveSense. This scores very high on the cool scale not only for the iPod connection but we here at YDMV central are big WaveSense fans and are excited to see them continue to innovate.  The meter works independently from the iPod. So it is a cool tiny meter in and of itself.

From Sanifi's http://ibgstar.com site:

The innovative iBGStar™ is the first available blood glucose meter that seamlessly connects to the iPhone® and iPod touch® allowing you to view and analyse accurate, reliable information in ‘real time’. Using the technology built into your iPhone® or iPod® touch, you can share this information with your healthcare professional while on-the-go, to help you make better-informed diabetes-related decisions together.

Of course it isn't just a meter. There is an app. From the press release, "The iBGStar™ Diabetes Manager App (available soon on the App Store℠) is a state-of-the-art digital diabetes management tool accessed from your Apple iPhone® or iPod touch® featuring:

• Intuitive User Interface
• Automated download of meter results
• Interactive Diabetes Management Reports featuring log books, trend charts, statistical analyses and more"

The ap sure looks a lot like the WaveSense ap our pal Hadi demo-ed at Friends For Life. (Hadi's brilliant little demo video of the app on a ipad - no groovy iBGsatr meter, he used a cable, is over on theBetesNOW.)

I think this is very exciting. Yes there are practical questions like does it have to come off to charge or sync the iPod? What kind of battery powers the meter and how long does it last? What strips does it use - can it take WaveSense strips or is there a proprietary twist to Sanofi branded AgaMatrix strips? Are there going to be different colors for multiple type 1 families os we can tell who's is who's? How does it deal with iPhone cases? Is there a case that hold it and the phone? Does it work with an iPad? What about multiple meters and one iPod?

OK Ok I know, it just came out and it has to go visit the FDA.

Sill cool. Way cool.