FreeStyle: a small-volume electrochemical glucose sensor for home blood glucose testing.
FreeStyle accurately measures the concentration of glucose in a 300-nL volume of capillary blood obtained with significantly reduced pain from the forearm where the density of capillaries is much lower than in the fingertips. The readings are independent of temperature, of altitude (O2 pressure) and of hematocrit in the 0%-60% range. At their physiological levels, none of the often interfering constituents of blood affect the readings.
Feldman
B
B
TheraSense, Inc, Alameda, California 94502, USA. ben.feldman@therasense.com
McGarraugh
G
G
Heller
A
A
Bohannon
N
N
Skyler
J
J
DeLeeuw
E
E
Clarke
D
D
D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis*; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005542:Forearm; D006400:Hematocrit; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
D001786:Blood Glucose