My guess is he is talking about the Medtronic CGMS iPro. A short review can be found here...
Diabetes Mine - the all things diabetes blog: NEWS FLASH: Medtronic Announces CGMS iProâ„¢ Recorder
Really all it is is the same CGM sensor that works with the MM pump except it stores 3 days worth of info in it. Then when you go back to the doctor's office to turn it in they somehow connect up to it and it downloads the readings from it. It's a nice advancement from the clunky Guardian Gold that they use to have.
Make sure your insurance covers it though. Mine would only cover the old style at 20% and that would still run me around $40 I believe for a 3 day wear of it (yeah I know, someone's getting ripped off.)
The only question I have about it is how does one calibrate it. Current CGM relies heavily on calibrations at the right times to provide accurate info. With this, it's 3 days of wear with no interaction from the patient. Something I wonder how it's possible.
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