Glucose test strips

Wang, J. Macca, C. Use of Blood-Glucose Test Strips for Introducing Enzyme Electrodes and Modern Biosensors, ... 

Prestige, Glucose test strips. My Pharmacy, Exeter, UK (http //www.mypharmacy.co.uk/ health products/products/p/prestige smart system/prestige smart system.htm), (http //www. walgreens.com/store/product.jhtml CATID=l 00133 id=prodl 8882). 

Home glucose test strips were able to reach the market two decades before the first continuous glucose monitors. This points to the tremendous challenges faced in the development of CGM. Following the long and colorful development of the technology will make it easier to understand the present systems. 

The system does not display a glucose result for the first 10 h of operation to allow the equilibration of the sensor inside the body. The user is instructed to calibrate the sensor at hours 10, 12, 24, and 72, after insertion, by a blood glucose measurement. The blood glucose meter is built into the receiver, so the calibration is done automatically when a blood glucose measurement is made. After 5 days the user is instmcted to remove and dispose of the sensor support mount. The transmitter is reusable and contains replaceable batteries. The transmitter and mount are water resistant and can be worn during showers. The receiver is not water resistant because the receiver contains the open port for insertion of a blood glucose test strip. 

The fact that 6 billion glucose test strips were sold in 2007 [88] already indicates that the LAT may be seen as a gold-standard microfluidic platform in terms of cost, handling simplicity, robustness, market presence and the number of implemented lab-on-a-chip applications [69]. The amount of sample and reagent consumption are quite low, and the concept is mainly used for qualitative or semi-quantitative assays. Especially the complete disposable test carriers with direct visual readout, easy handling, and a time-to-result between seconds and several minutes are predestined for untrained users. 

Figure 8.3 An exploded view of the OneTouch Ultra glucose test strip (Reproduced by permission of Lifescan).

Dry reagent blood glucose test strip requiring timing, wash step, and visual comparison to a color chart... 

Chen ZC, Fang C, Wang HY, He JS. Disposable glucose test strip for whole blood with integrated sensing/diffusion-limiting layer. Electrochimica Acta 2009 55(2) 544-50. 

Feldman, B., 2009. Electrochemical blood glucose test strips for people with diabetes. In Electrochemistry Encyclopedia. 

Gomes T, Juurlink DN, Shah BR, Paterson JM, Mamdani MM (2010) Blood glucose test strips options to reduce usage. CMAJ 182(1 ) 35-38... 

Screen printing is a very versatile technique which is employed for the production of all forms of commercially available strip-type chemical sensors (e.g., glucose test strips). 

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