Re: medically smart watches
Dnia 2024-02-24, o godz. 12:06:16
gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> napisał(a):
> On 2/24/24 11:03, Loïc Grenié wrote:
> > On Sat Feb 24th, 2024, at 16:03, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >
> > Greetings all;
> >
> > As most of you know I'm a DM-II, but the recent shortage of
> > trulicity, a
> > weekly self administerd shot that helps regulate one's blood
> > guclose levels has got us scrambling for alternatives. So a month
> > back I bought
> > one of the so called smart watches that purports to monitor
> > blood sugar.
> >
> >
> > "purports" appears to be the correct verb
> > https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/do-not-use-smartwatches-or-smart-rings-measure-blood-glucose-levels-fda-safety-communication
> > <https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/do-not-use-smartwatches-or-smart-rings-measure-blood-glucose-levels-fda-safety-communication>
> I got a msg from our state AG warning me about these, but it was 2
> days after I had ordered this thing. Too little warning, too late,
> but I'm the curios type, and this device looks good so I would like
> to see how it compares with the antique finger prick model we've been
> using since Hector's great grandfather was a puppy.. New tech
> sometimes work pretty good while the FDA seems to try to protect old
> tech.
> > (as for the rest of the mail, I have no idea whatsoever).
> >
> > Loïc
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
This steers vastly into offtopic but here is a video of someone testing
one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWadFt4vBtY
TL;DR both tested watches were so far off mark they are probably
dangerous.
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