Pendragon Pendra
Device Name:
Pendra
Manufacturer:
Pendragon Medical AG, Hagenholzstrasse 81a, CH-8050 Zürich, SWITZERLAND.
Measuring functions:
Blood glucose
Primary Client Use:
Intended for self-measurement and home use
Measurement Site:
Finger
Measurement Occurrence:
Single measurements only
Availability:
Obsolete
Description:
The Pendragon Pendra is an automatic blood glucose meter. Medaval has not found evidence proving the accuracy of its blood glucose measurement technology. Blood glucose measurements are taken from the finger. It is intended for self-measurement and home use. This device is now obsolete.
Assessment:
There appears to be no peer-reviewed clinical validation information available on the technology used in the Pendragon Pendra to measure blood glucose.
Recommendations:
Accuracy AssessmentRecommendationBasis
BG Medaval Not recommended This device has not been clinically validated.
Relevant Publications:

Pfützner A, Caduff A, Larbig M, Schrepfer T, Forst T. Impact of posture and fixation technique on impedance spectroscopy used for continuous and noninvasive glucose monitoring. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2004 Aug;6(4):435-41. doi: 10.1089/1520915041705839. PMID: 15320996.

No protocol or result provided in abstract

Weinzimer SA. PENDRA: the once and future noninvasive continuous glucose monitoring device? Diabetes Technol Ther. 2004 Aug;6(4):442-4. doi: 10.1089/1520915041706018. PMID: 15320997.

The publication is a letter or correspondence in which the Pendragon Pendra is referenced.

See: Diabetes Technol Ther. 2004 Aug;6(4):435-441.

Wentholt IM, Hoekstra JB, Zwart A, DeVries JH. Pendra goes Dutch: lessons for the CE mark in Europe. Diabetologia. 2005 Jun;48(6):1055-8. Epub: 2005 May 4. doi: 10.1007/s00125-005-1754-y. PMID: 15871008. Available from: link.springer.com.

Rise and fall of the Pendra: The authors "argue that the CE certification process for continuous glucose sensors should be made more transparent, and that a consensus on specific requirements for continuous glucose sensors is needed to prevent patient exposure to potentially dangerous situations".

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