Mobile & Wireless

New wireless diabetes management system aids diabetic monitoring

Diabetech collaborates with Cinterion Wireless Modules to power GlucoMON

by TelecomEngine Newsdesk

Cinterion Wireless Modules and Diabetech recently announced their collaboration on the fourth generation GlucoMON platform, a wireless diabetes management system designed to help diabetics manage their specialized health requirements. The 4th generation GlucoMON device uses Cinterion’s TC65 Terminal and works in conjunction with Diabetech’s Automated Diabetes Management System (ADMS) data to help manage and control blood glucose levels and change behavior to avoid diabetic complications. The technology platform operates on the AT&T and T-Mobile cellular networks worldwide.

The GlucoMON appliance is a component in Diabetech’s ADMS; a patient-centric diabetes education and management platform with 24-7, real time worldwide support. By connecting a blood glucose meter to the GlucoMON, which utilizes Cinterion’s TC65 Terminal, a series of automated care algorithms are triggered in the remote data center that analyze information and deliver timely feedback that help users bring blood sugar levels back to a normal range.

“GlucoMON-ADMS is the perfect example of how smart M2M wireless technology can help improve quality of life, making disease management easier and ultimately making people healthier,” said Peter Fowler, regional president, Cinterion Wireless Modules, Americas.

The platform distinguishes individual patient profiles and issues and is used in a variety of ways – by adults to simplify their own efforts to maintain healthy blood glucose levels; by concerned parents who receive automated notifications of their child’s blood sugar levels while they are away at a school; and by pregnant mothers with a temporary form of the disease who depend on their doctors and nurses to guide them through a sharp learning curve. When prudent, GlucoMON-ADMS automatically connects the patient to family members, Diabetech's diabetes educators or any number of outpatient diabetes programs.

“In the past eight years working on more than a dozen clinical trials and many system refinements, we’ve created an intuitive health platform that simplifies patient tasks, creates more efficiencies for providers, significantly improves blood sugar control and decreases costs to the health care system at large,” said Kevin McMahon, Diabetech’s CEO. “We selected Cinterion for their market leading expertise and high quality M2M products that allowed us to quickly and easily migrate away from previous networks and scale the platform with confidence.”

Telehealth M2M products such as GlucoMON-ADMS are a growing market segment for their ability to cut medical costs and help manage chronic disease. A study released this summer by ABI Research projects that there will be approximately 15 million wireless telehealth sensors and devices in use by 2012, or more than double the number of wireless telehealth systems in use today.

The M2M Switch - turning the wireless business model upside down -- September 1, 2010

Vivendi raises 2010 goals after strong first-half results -- September 1, 2010

FCC cuts off free nationwide broadband potential indefinitely -- September 1, 2010

Shipments of Bluetooth, NFC, UWB, 802.15.4 and Wi-Fi ICs will increase 20% in 2010 -- September 1, 2010

3PAR claims widespread uptake for VMware 'vSphere' service -- August 31, 2010

Related articles:

The M2M Switch - turning the wireless business model upside down -- September 1, 2010
While global telecom operators, systems integrators, and enterprises wrestle with Machine-to-Machine, they may struggle to contain a tide that has only just begun to rise. The power of supply chain automation, ubiquitous connectivity, and pervasive computing are so strong, we may already have traversed a threshold into a radically new paradigm in the communications industry, one in which waves of innovation, new economies of scale, and sheer business logic will prevail. While no crystal ball can show us the future of network evolution, we can revisit milestones of technological progress and shed light on the path ahead.

Vivendi raises 2010 goals after strong first-half results -- September 1, 2010
Europe's largest telecom and entertainment group, Vivendi, raised its profit targets on the back of forecast-beating first-half results and reassured investors on its acquisition strategy, lifting its flagging stock.

Shipments of Bluetooth, NFC, UWB, 802.15.4 and Wi-Fi ICs will increase 20% in 2010 -- September 1, 2010
The market for short range wireless ICs is forecast to expand this year; total shipments of Bluetooth, NFC, UWB, 802.15.4 and Wi-Fi ICs will increase approximately 20% compared to 2009. “Bluetooth ICs still lead the short-range wireless IC market,” says ABI Research industry analyst Celia Bo. “Unit shipments are expected to exceed 58% of the total short-range wireless IC shipments in 2010.

3PAR claims widespread uptake for VMware 'vSphere' service -- August 31, 2010
Today at VMworld 2010, 3PAR announced that cloud computing market leaders in the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) segments have combined the 3PAR InServ Storage Server with VMware vSphere to build cloud infrastructures for their shared, virtualized "utility" service offerings.

Keep up with the latest in Machine-to-Machine Communications:

Read M2M Newsdesk
News, research, show coverage and more, covering the M2M industry.

Visit the M2M Zone
M2M Zone Seminars offer the latest information, directly from industry leaders and experts. The M2M Zone is a fixture at top-shelf trade shows including CeBIT and CTIA Wireless. Learn more about what the M2M Zone offers.

©2010 Telecommunications Online & Horizon House Publications®.

All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.