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Question by nikita
Submitted on 6/20/2004
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Why in this day of technology that a strip or chip cannot be implanted under the skin and a monitor could scan over that area to give you your surgar level? Is the drug companies and the FDA would lose to much money?

Answer by steven
Submitted on 12/18/2004
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what is normal surar level in metrc

Answer by paleolith
Submitted on 4/20/2005
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It's actually a very difficult technical problem, because the body walls off any foreign body. An implanted sensor quickly loses its ability to sense because of this. MiniMed currently has a 72-hour implanted sensor for use in diagnostics, but it can only be read out at a doctor's office. More information is available at http://www.minimed.com/patientfam/pf_products_cgms_ov_completepic.shtml. I have been unable to determine why this product as not been released for routine use. Edward Reid

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