Transforming Veterinary Practice: The Latest in Glucose Monitoring Technology

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Adam Christman, DVM, MBA: So talk to me a little bit about that. So what's the difference between your CGMS versus I know some of us have been using the human ones out there. So what's the difference?

Dustin Brietzke: Yeah, so actually, we change a few different things on this device. One of the things that we change is this, the sticky pad on here is more geared towards animal hair follicle, so it's less likely to fall off. We still recommend that you put some glue on there, just for those more active animals. Another thing that we change is the enzyme on the end of the probe is more geared towards reading animal interstitial fluid. That way you get a more accurate reading and the also, the probe itself is made from a polymer, so it's less likely to snap off underneath the skin of the animal. A really cool thing is this connects via Bluetooth to a phone app, and then the app then sends all the information to the internet, to the veterinary web portal.

Christman: Wow, it's impressive. Yeah, and how long does it last on the animal?

Brietzke: So this one lasts up to 9 days, we are working on 14 days. But the trade off to that is it actually stores data for up to 14 days, so the pet owner can actually go home and then come back from from work, and then, basically, you just sync all the data and send it to the veterinary web portal

Christman: I mean, that is, that's pretty amazing. That's technology, right? It is, if you think about when we first started diagnosing and monitoring diabetic dogs back in the day, I mean, obviously we had none of this, and just the stress level...of having and admitting a dog in for blood glucose curve, the numbers generally are not right, because they're so stressed out to begin with.

Brietzke: Yeah, it's good for them to be at home in a relaxed setting so they're not like stressed out and there's a bunch of noise going on inside the clinics
and those kinds of things.

Christman: Absolutely. And what is the price looking like for something like this?

Brietzke: This one, included with the veterinary web portal and the app, is $50 per unit.

Christman: Okay.

Brietzke: That's our promotional cost right now. It's very cheap. It's very competitive compared to some of the other devices out there. And the veterinarians can, like, you know, mark it up to a price where they're comfortable with.

Christman: Okay, I just noticed you mentioned the web portal. So what can veterinarians expect with that?