Senseonics and commercial partner Ascensia Diabetes Care received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for the first implantable glucose sensor that can be worn for one year, doubling the wear time of Senseonics’ current sensor.
Hopefully it can go OTC, soon for folks who just want to monitor their BG.
Any sense about the cost?
Wonder if one really has to keep calibrating it everyday in practice…
Not yet. Unfortunately I sense it’s still a long ways off before we see it available for purchase.
I think they have a half year one that costs about USD1400 for 6 months.
The Eversense 365 CGM is implanted under the skin!
yes…
Oops didn’t see: I merged the topics.
I am not sure a 6 month or 1 year option is good for non-diabetics as the cost is about the same per day. I have just implanted a Dexcom One + which is slightly cheaper simply because it won’t link to an automatic insulin pump.
I have spent some time trying to work out how best to implant it and the picture below is my best result so far. I have found no real difficutly sitting (my left arm rests on the edge of the sofa so the right arm works) or sleeping either on the right or left side. I have only gone for 2 out of the current 10 days and am currently testing the response to my standard breakfast without rapamycin. I hope to take rapamycin tomorrow, but i want a blood test result first. (I did the blood draw on Tuesday)
You may note I have bought an extra tape cover. I don’t think the standard dexcom covers are good enough.
Is there any difference between Dexcom G7 and Dexcom One+?
AIUI the difference is only that One+ does not link to automated insulin injections. It is also slightly cheaper.
Certainly seems like a step towards the future of permanently placed sensors. Hopefully they will ask the FDA for approval in <18 age group.
