Menarini Diagnostics

Several prototypes of the portable device described above have been produced, including the instrument, GlucoDay , now commercialized by A. Menarini Diagnostics (Florence, Italy). 

Fig. 12.5. Picture of the instrument GlucoDay (with the permission of A. Menarini Diagnostic, Florence, Italy).

Fig. 12.6. Twelve hours in vivo monitoring with the GlucoDay on a diabetic patient on day 1. When indicated, the patient assumed some amoimts of insulin, both in regular and fast (NPH) formulation. The grey box highlights a nocturnal episode of hypoglycaemia. The grey dots represent the finger-stick controls, while the black dots correspond to blood meaisurements (with the permission of A. Menarini Diagnostic, Florence, Italy).

A. Menarini Diagnostics has developed the GlucoDay S semi-invasive continuous glucose monitor, which is based on a microdialysis technique and is specifically for clinical use. 

The GlucoDay system based on microdialysis sampling of interstitial fluid was developed in Europe and introduced commercially by Menarini Diagnostics (Poscia et al. 2003). A microdialysis fiber 5 mm... 

A recent innovation has been the plastic pressure cooker that is heated in the microwave (A Menarini Diagnostics), thus combining the superior staining of pressure cooking with the convenience of using the microwave oven. 

A. Menarini Diagnostics Ltd., Wharfedale Road, Winneidi, Wokin iam, Berkshire... 

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