Cygnus GlucoWatch Biographer
Device Name:
GlucoWatch Biographer
Manufacturer:
Cygnus Inc., 400 Penobscot Drive, Redwood City, CA 94063, UNITED STATES.
Measuring functions:
Blood glucose
Primary Client Use:
Intended for self-measurement and home use
Measurement Site:
Wrist
Measurement Occurrence:
Intermittent measurements at specified intervals or times
Availability:
Obsolete
Description:
The Cygnus GlucoWatch Biographer is a wristwatch style automatic blood glucose meter. Although its blood glucose measurement technology has been evaluated, it is not possible to base a determination on its accuracy from this research. Blood glucose measurements are taken from the wrist. It is intended for self-measurement and home use. This device is now obsolete.
Assessment:
The technology used in the Cygnus GlucoWatch Biographer, to measure blood glucose, has been assessed, in a general population, according to a non-standard protocol.
Recommendations:
| Accuracy Assessment | Recommendation | Basis | |
| BG | Medaval | None | When an evaluation is carried out using a non-standard protocol, no inference can be made on accuracy based on a standard protocol. |
Validation Publications:
Tierney MJ, Tamada JA, Potts RO, Jovanovic L, Garg S; Cygnus Research Team. Clinical evaluation of the GlucoWatch biographer: a continual, non-invasive glucose monitor for patients with diabetes. Biosens Bioelectron. 2001 Dec;16(9-12):621-9. doi: 10.1016/S0956-5663(01)00189-0. PMID: 11679237.
Ad Hoc protocol General population