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03-27-2006, 10:07 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA
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| | | Dexcom gets FDA approval
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03-27-2006, 10:17 AM
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| | | Interesting. I'd be curious to know what it will cost...
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03-27-2006, 10:23 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Posts: 535
| | Very interesting! I'd like one of these puppies 
I did a little searching and found out there are two sensors, one is short term (3 days) which is inserted much like an infusion set would be. The other is long term which must be inserted by a doctor and lasts a year. http://www.dexcom.com/sts.php is the short term sensor http://www.dexcom.com/lts.php is the long term sensor
By the looks of things the short term sensor is the one mentioned in the approval, they don't mention the long term sensor (darn it).
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Mommy to Maxmillian,the "send me a Fax" Cat
Using an Pretty Silver Animas 1200 Pump with Novarapid! It arrived November 2, 2005.
Latest A1C 5.3 on May 14/06
Last edited by TvBabe : 03-27-2006 at 10:32 AM.
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03-27-2006, 11:02 AM
| | Senior Member | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Manassas, in the Old Dominion
Posts: 6,538
| | | If the short term and long term use the same reader, than it won't be *too* bad...Start using the short term when it is available, opt for the long term version when it is available if you want. My concern is how many doctors can be trained on the outpatient procedure to implant the long term sensor? |
03-27-2006, 11:14 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 1,213
| | "DexCom management will hold a conference call starting at 4:30 PM (Eastern Time) on Monday, March 27, 2006 to discuss this important development. The conference call will be concurrently webcast. The link to the webcast will be available on the DexCom Inc. website www.dexcom.com under the investor webcast section and will be archived for future reference. To listen to the conference call, please dial (800) 811-0667 (US/Canada) or (913) 981-4901 (International) and use the participant code "6796471" approximately five minutes prior to the start time."
I am going to listen in...
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03-27-2006, 11:51 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern Utah
Posts: 842
| | | I love these new developments! They are so great to see and hear about. But, I personally worry about how much of the costs of these that insurance will cover. I bet that they will be pretty **** picky about it for a while....
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03-27-2006, 12:02 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 62
| | | Just called.
No insurance coverage at the moment, but I'm prepared to pay out of pocket for it.
They're gonna call/send me a package on it in a few days.
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03-27-2006, 12:07 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Originally Posted by Rhino Just called.
No insurance coverage at the moment, but I'm prepared to pay out of pocket for it.
They're gonna call/send me a package on it in a few days. | Did they give you some idea about the cost?
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Mommy to Maxmillian,the "send me a Fax" Cat
Using an Pretty Silver Animas 1200 Pump with Novarapid! It arrived November 2, 2005.
Latest A1C 5.3 on May 14/06 |
03-27-2006, 12:13 PM
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I am a: Parent | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Arizona
Posts: 239
| | So where do you carry the receiver? Size of a cell phone..the 1990 cell phone or my cute little phone? Silly question I know  but everything looks bigger on a little body.
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last AIC -7.0 in Oct 06
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03-27-2006, 01:56 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 1,213
| | | I just sent an e-mail with the following questions:
"DexCom Folks,
I just read about your recent FDA approval for the STS system am VERY interested. So here are the questions you are probably sick of hearing at this point:
1. Is it FDA approval for general use by the public or to begin clinical trials (I would participate!).
2. Have you folks been working with insurance companies to try and get coverage for patients?
3. How much does the whole system cost?
4. How much do the replacement sensors cost?
5. I would need a prescription from my doctor, right?
Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing back from you very soon."
Awaiting response...
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03-27-2006, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Rhino Just called.
No insurance coverage at the moment, but I'm prepared to pay out of pocket for it.
They're gonna call/send me a package on it in a few days. |
I called this morning to ask for literature... |
03-27-2006, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by duck If the short term and long term use the same reader, than it won't be *too* bad...Start using the short term when it is available, opt for the long term version when it is available if you want. My concern is how many doctors can be trained on the outpatient procedure to implant the long term sensor? | It may not be any more involved then when I had my poodle "chipped" in case she gets lost. |
03-27-2006, 02:31 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA
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Originally Posted by spike It may not be any more involved then when I had my poodle "chipped" in case she gets lost. | ... as long as it is way easier than that 'other' thing you get done to your poodles!
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03-27-2006, 05:11 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mid-West
Posts: 7,248
| | I'd really like to see this (or something like it) come to fruition. I get so frustrated, cause it usually seems that as soon as an interesting (& helpful) gadget like this gets "FDA approved," some issue or other reason is found for it Not to be released. 
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03-27-2006, 08:48 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 7,846
| | Stupid Cramer said it was going up for FDA approval in 6 weeks. I was going to get some stock!  |
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