Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY) recently announced it will soon roll out its Tempo personalized diabetes management platform in the U.S. The pharma giant described Tempo as its first connected platform. It includes three components: the Tempo Smart Button, a compatible TempSmart app, and the prefilled Tempo Pen insulin pen. The goal is personalized […]
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Looking back at two decades of CGM advances
Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) have transformed how many people with diabetes manage blood sugar, but attempts to monitor blood glucose have a long history. Attempts to manage glucose kicked off in earnest when researchers began measuring glucose in urine in the mid-1800s. Scientists’ ability to do so steadily improved over the years, but urine glucose […]
These ‘smart’ bandages could heal chronic wounds
UConn biomedical engineers are touting a wirelessly controlled “smart” bandage and corresponding platform for delivering medications to chronic, non-healing wounds. UConn’s School of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine and School of Engineering comprise the biomedical engineering department, which contributed to developing the smart bandage. Ali Tamayol, an associate professor at UConn, led the development of […]
