Companion Medical announced that it won FDA clearance for its InPen bolus calculator for fixed dosing and meal estimation in diabetes management. The new bolus calculator is designed to account for the user’s current glucose level and active insulin to remove the guesswork from insulin dosing. Companion Medical touts the system as the first of […]
Senseonics, Companion Medical to integrate sensor glucose and insulin data
Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) will integrate its Eversense continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system’s real-time glucose data with Companion Medical‘s InPen smart insulin delivery system. The agreement between Senseonics and Companion, announced today, is slated to bring the technologies together to allow real-time glucose data to be continuously incorporated into the InPen insulin system. This is designed to allow for more […]
Dexcom, Companion Medical will share glucose, insulin data
Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) and Companion Medical have announced a collaboration to enable a direct exchange of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data from Dexcom with insulin data from InPen into both companies’ software applications. Companion made a partnership deal with Glooko this week to integrate data from its InPen smart insulin injection pen into Glooko’s diabetes data […]
Companion Medical, Glooko ink InPen insulin pen data integration deal
Companion Medical said today that it inked a partnership deal with Glooko to integrate data from its InPen smart insulin injection pen into Glooko’s diabetes data management system and mobile application. The integration will be performed through Apple‘s (NSDQ:AAPL) Apple Health application, San Diego-based Companion Medical said, and will allow users to automatically integrate insulin data […]
Companion Medical wins CE Mark for InPen insulin pen
Companion Medical said yesterday that it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its InPen smart insulin pen and associated diabetes management smartphone application. The company’s InPen system consists of a smart insulin injection pen that connects with an integrated diabetes management app. The InPen application displays aggregated glucose, insulin and meal data and […]
Companion Medical wins FDA nod for Android version of smart pen app
Companion Medical said today that it won FDA clearance for the Android version of its InPen app. The company’s InPen system consists of a smart insulin injection pen that connects with an integrated diabetes management app. Companion Medical expects to release the app for Android users by the fourth quarter of this year. “We are […]
Companion Medical launches data management system for smart insulin pen
Companion Medical launched today Insights by InPen, a diabetes management system that aggregates and analyzes data from Companion’s connected insulin injection pen. The company’s Insights by InPen system provides users with their average glucose, average total daily insulin dose, dose calculator usage, missed doses and more, according to Companion Medical. The system is available in […]
Meet the insulin-makers and device companies developing smart insulin pens
The global market for connected insulin pens could be worth up to $123 million by 2023, according to a report published this year by Research & Markets. Insulin pens, designed for people who control their diabetes with multiple daily injections instead of a pump or wearable patch, are portable devices that were first introduced in 1985 with […]
Companion Medical launches smart insulin pen in U.S.
Companion Medical started selling its smart insulin pen in the U.S. today, according to the San Diego, Calif.-based company. The InPen system, which combines an insulin injector pen and a smartphone app, is compatible with Eli Lilly‘s (NYSE:LLY) Humalog and Novo Nordisk‘s (NYSE:NVO) Novolog fast-acting insulin. Companion Medical’s InPen tracks insulin dosing, automatically sending data […]
Collecting purposeful data in the era of connected health devices
Connectivity, one of the newest buzzwords in the medical device lexicon, is becoming more and more integral to device design and development. Research shows that connected health devices can improve patient outcomes by increasing adherence and reducing dosing variability. Mark David Tuckwell, head of electronics, software & systems at Sagentia, says connected device can also provide crucial information to help […]
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