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Category Archives: technology and tools

Dexcom's Jake Leach featured next to a box with the G7 logo and product

“We want to continue to push it forward” Dexcom’s Jake Leach on the G7 release

DC1, education/resources, technology and toolsBy Stacey SimmsFebruary 28, 2023Leave a comment

Dexcom’s G7 has been available in the US for less than two weeks, but the company continues to look ahead. Part of the future? Their Type Zero group – which created Tandem’s Control IQ – is working on a truly closed loop system. Chief Operating Officer Jake Leach spoke to Stacey from the recent ATTD…

Phone and watch displaying the Diatech Smart Fusion occlusion detection system

SmartFusion™ is a new way to detect & predict infusion set failures

DC1, living with T1D, technology and toolsBy Stacey SimmsFebruary 21, 2023Leave a comment

Infusion sets have always seems like the weak link of pumping for us. What good is the best algorithm and state of the art pump and CGM if the way it all attaches to the body is no good? New information shows infusion failures happen more than you may think. John Wilcox’s company, DiaTech Diabetes,…

Photo showing the Sigi patch pump, Tslim X2 pump and Mobi pump with iPhone

What “A Portfolio of Devices” Means for the Future of Tandem Diabetes

DC1, education/resources, technology and toolsBy Stacey SimmsFebruary 7, 2023Leave a comment

Tandem Diabetes has made some big moves recently, acquiring two new companies – one makes infusion sets, the other a patch pump called Sigi, and their tiny Mobi pump is in front of the FDA right now. We’re finding out how it may all come together from Tandem’s EVP and Chief Strategy Office Elizabeth Gasser.…

split screen with Stacey Simms and Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer. Sayer is holding up a G7 Dexcom receiver

“We’ve got a lot on our plate” – Dexcom’s CEO talks G7 and beyond

DC1, technology and toolsBy Stacey SimmsJanuary 17, 2023Leave a comment

We’ve got new information about Dexcom’s G7 launch and much more. CEO Kevin Sayer says it’ll be available in the US before the end of March. Sayer joins us from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco. He talks about Dexcom’s pump partners, when the FDA will let them put in features they already…

Blue fireworks in the background with the words "2023 Predictions" in gold

Our 2023 Diabetes Technology Predictions (and a last look back at 2022)

DC1, general, technology and toolsBy Stacey SimmsJanuary 3, 2023Leave a comment

Happy new year! What will 2023 bring for diabetes technology? We bring our best guesses to the table and we take a look back at what we said would happen last year. Stacey is joined by Chris Wilson on a Twitter Spaces Chat and you’ll also hear from Mike Hoskins for a look back to…

Dexcom G7 system with phone, sensor, inserter and watch, on a green background

G7 Approved! Dexcom’s Jake Leach answers your questions (and looks ahead)

DC1, technology and toolsBy Stacey SimmsDecember 13, 2022Leave a comment

This week.. after a year of deliberations, the US FDA approves the newest product from Dexcom, the G7. This is a much smaller device, with all-in-one sensor and transmitter, shorter warm up time and many more new features. Stacey talks with Dexcom’s Chief Operating Officer Jake Leach. They do a lighting round of questions to…

An older man drives a car with a sensor visible on his arm. A younger girl sits behind him in the backseat

One Drop is the newest player in the CGM market

DC1, living with T1D, technology and toolsBy Stacey SimmsDecember 6, 2022Leave a comment

Jeff Dachis founded One Drop in 2014, after his own type 1 diagnosis. Known for its sleek meter design and more recently for on-demand telehealth services, One Drop is moving into something new. Jeff shares how that includes what they’re calling a continuous health sensor. We’ll talk about what that term means, how it could…

Pictured: the Eversense E3 continuous glucose monitoring system. A sensor a phone and a watch

The Future of Long-Term CGM Systems with Senseonics CMO Dr. Fran Kaufman

DC1, education/resources, technology and toolsBy Stacey SimmsNovember 15, 2022Leave a comment

Eversense is a CGM that goes under the skin and stays there for up to six months. The company that makes it has big plans to make that time period longer and to make the sensor even more accurate. Stacey talks to Senseonics Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francine Kaufman. They had a wide ranging conversation…

Tom Vesla, a bald Caucasian man, wearing a Dexcom on his upper arm looks at the camera

Tips, Tricks and Building a Community: Meet Tom From Type One Talks

DC1, living with T1D, technology and toolsBy Stacey SimmsNovember 8, 2022Leave a comment

Type One Talks is a popular YouTube channel with videos that help manage all sort of technology and situations around diabetes. But its host and founder says he wasn’t always that interested a diabetes deep dive. It all changed with his first CGM. Tom was an accountant in his former life so he really does…

Cover of "Still the World's Worst Diabetes Mom" with a cartoon image of Stacey

What are your “Rules of Engagement?”- Conversations around CGM

DC1, education/resources, technology and toolsBy Stacey SimmsNovember 1, 2022Leave a comment

When it comes to using a CGM, the first question you may ask is, “How quickly can I get one?!” But this week, you’ll hear there are a few other questions you may want to ask in order to get the most out of continuous glucose monitoring. In this excerpt from “Still the World’s Worst…

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