The sensor can be scanned through clothing. To use the system, users take a touchscreen reader device, hold it up to 1.5 inches above the sensor patch, and in less than a second can see their real-time glucose value (e.g., 102 mg/dl), a glucose trend arrow, and a trend graph showing the last eight hours of data. The sensor remains inserted for 14 days and does not require fingerstick calibrations (“factory calibrated”) after putting it on the upper arm and waiting one hour, it begins reading glucose and trend information.
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The Abbott system includes a tiny glucose sensor (0.2 inches in length, about the thickness of a hair) worn under the skin connected to a water resistant on-body patch the size of a one-dollar coin. The product is intended to be a replacement for traditional blood glucose meters, but is also designed to overcome some of the limitations of CGM (cost, device on the body, need for fingersticks). Abbott first introduced this Flash Glucose Monitoring technology a year ago at the EASD 2013 Conference – this system brings an entirely novel technology to the diabetes landscape, eliminating fingersticks to obtain real-time glucose and trend information. Abbott intends to bring Freestyle Libre to the US in the future, and a major trial is expected to start before the end of the year. In the upcoming weeks, the product will become available in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK. On September 3, Abbott announced that it received a CE mark (the European stamp of approval to market and distribute a product) for its Freestyle Libre Flash Glucose Monitoring System. Twitter Summary: Abbott receives EU Approval to launch Freestyle Libre – updates from EASD on payment, device accuracy, design, and user experience