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Eisai Co and its diagnostics subsidiary EIDIA Co will launch LIFE CHECK, a self-monitoring blood glucose meter manufactured by Gunze Ltd, on Jan 27.
LIFE CHECK is a personal self-monitoring blood glucose meter with which diabetes patients can monitor their own blood glucose level by simply inserting a dedicated sensor known as the LIFE CHECK SENSOR into the meter.
The meter was developed as a next-generation model of the blood glucose monitor G-CHECK currently manufactured by Gunze and marketed by EIDIA.
The LIFE CHECK meter employs a color liquid crystal screen that displays step-by-step operational instructions and easy-to-read graphs of measured data. After measurement, the dedicated sensor can be easily and safely removed from the meter with the push of a button without the patient having to touch the part to which their blood has been applied.
The meter has been specially designed for ease-of-use by elderly diabetes patients. The sensor is easily inserted into the meter and has been designed to ensure that drops of blood from pierced fingertips can be easily applied. It can even be used simply by diabetes patients who experience numbness and trembling in their hands and fingers.
Diabetes is a disease that causes an inability to produce insulin or abnormal insulin sensitivity, with patients being unable to control the amount of glucose in their blood (blood glucose level).
In Japan, the number of patients with the disease has been increasing every year in accordance with changes in lifestyles and social environments. Eisai, EIDIA and Gunze seek to make further contributions to increase the benefits provided to patients living with diabetes.
© JCN Newswire
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MaboDofuIsSpicy
My girl friend checks her levels daily, and shoots insulin twice a day. It is a mean disease.
LoveNot
Do you know if we can buy this device freely and where?
j4p4nFTW
With more and more American fast food chains moving into Japan, this is unfortunately necessary now.
Ben_Jackinoff
Yes, because they are so addictive that the urges to eat it are impossible to resist.
j4p4nFTW
Ben_Jackinoff,
I don't think there's anything addictive in the food. It's that younger people like it. They make poor dietary decisions and that makes them sick with diabetes. The traditional Japanese diet is like a dinosaur to young people now.
mikemiro
I'm an insulin dependent diabetic living in Japan & have been using a glucometer for over 25 years. I don't get what is so special about this meter. I use a Freestyle Lite manufactured by Abbott Labs & my meter has several features/functions that are great - such as it measures by blood glucose level in 5 seconds & it requires very little blood to measure your glucose level. I don't see either of these qualities mentioned for this meter - only that it is made by a Japanese pharma co. I hope doctors don't start prescribing an inferior blood monitor just because it is made in Japan. Japanese companies are much further behind in diabetic treatment innovation than Euro/ N.Am pharmas are. I worry that the med community will adopt a "well, its Japanese, so it must be better for Japanese people" mentality. Kind of like, "Olympus is Japanese, so it must be being run properly" way of thinking...
Ben_Jackinoff
j4p4nFTW,
The "traditional" Japanese diet has changed and it is not all do to "American fast food". There is plenty of Japanese junk food, too. Parents need to guide their children's dietary choices. Junk food is not going away be it Japanese or otherwise. Then these medical items will be less neccessary.
Ben_Jackinoff
ETA: The last two sentences should be reversed for clarity.