Spf-Tac New monitor 1 of 2
SOF-TACT(TM), BREAKTHROUGH ALTERNATE-SITE GLUCOSE
MONITORING TECHNOLOGY NOW<br
DIABETES Abbott Laboratories, MediSense
Products<br
automated<br
painless,<br
diabetes in the<br
simpler, more convenient and virtually pain<br
alternative to traditional fingerstick
testing.<br
painful fingerstick<br
development in our ongoing commitment to
provide<br
better manage their<br
Collins, divisional vice president,
Abbott<br
feedback we<br
and their caregivers to design<br
their testing needs.”<br
an alternate-site monitor, Sof-Tact
provides<br
testing on parts of<br
such as the forearm and upper arm. In<br
trials*, nearly 9 out of 10 patients rated Sof-Tact as
either<br
finger-stick testing.<br
integrated and automated testing device,<br
glucose testing less complicated and more convenient
by<br
device. To<br
lancet inside the monitor, place<br
forearm or other sites and press the ’start’ button.<br
Sof-Tact automatically lances the skin, draws the required
blood sample,<br
and provides a clinically accurate<br
in 20 seconds.<br
automation features can reduce potential<br
errors.<br
June 17th, 2004 at 4:15 am
Convenient, Virtually Pain-Free Testing For a
Range of Patients “Good<br
and ends with blood glucose management.<br
one of the most common complaints I receive from
diabetes patients<br
painful and, as a result, many people do not<br
often as they should,” said J. Paul Lock, M.D.,
University of<br
there was not a viable option I<br
provided virtually painless testing coupled with an
easy<br
of my patients will<br
and near painless testing offered by Sof-Tact
and<br
result.”<br
the needs of a wide<br
example, patients who dislike the pain and side<br
of fingerstick testing as well as patients who rely
heavily on their<br
and dentists, will benefit from<br
alternate-site testing capabilities. Elderly patients and
those<br
backlit display; and<br
diabetes and parents of children with diabetes
will<br
of Sof-Tact.<br
test my blood sugar regularly. As a result,<br
fingers get sore, and that interferes with many aspects
of my life, both<br
said Mary Gaudete-Chimeno, a medical<br
with Type 2 diabetes. “Now, with Sof-Tact the pain is
gone, the<br
on with my normal schedule knowing<br
compromising accurate test results for the sake
of<br
sufficient records of<br
is an important concern in daily life for<br
with diabetes. With this information, patients and
their doctors can<br
individuals and adjust treatments<br
makes recording and analyzing blood glucose readings
effortless. <br
provides average glucose readings for<br
and 28 days on its own display. Data can also be
downloaded<br
Link software for even<br
management.<br
to purchase, call Toll<br
763-8228) or visit www.medisense.com.<br