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2005 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Diabetes Educators

Children with Diabetes exhibited at the 2005 American Association of Diabetes Educators annual meeting in Washington, D.C. in August 2005. We showed our web site, scrapbooks and t-shirts from our conferences, and a square from the Quilt for Life. Time and again, people came up to our booth and told us that they loved the Children with Diabetes web site and that they recommended it to their patients. We were very glad to hear that, of course.

Of interest on the exhibit floor were:

• Insulet Corporation showed their Omni Pod insulin pump system, which consists of a disposable pump device and a PDA-like controller. The pump device contains the pump, insulin, and cannula and is worn like a patch on the skin. Company representatives said that the Omni Pod would be available around the October 2005 time frame.
  
  
• Roche Diagnostics showed their new Aviva blood glucose monitor, which requires only 0.6 microliters of blood, produces results in 5 seconds, and is approved for alternate site testing. They also showed the new Multiclix lancing device, which has a 6-lancet drum. The lancets remain inside the drum and are never exposed, making this the lancing device of choice for use at schools. Both the Aviva and the Multiclix are available in some stores and will be available across the US in the coming weeks. Watch for reviews of these two products next week.
  
  
• DexCom had a large booth staffed with many representatives, but only showed their DexCom STS Continuous Monitoring System (their short term system) under glass. The representative with whom I spoke said that the sensor would alarm once a blood glucose reading had reached either the upper or lower alarm levels but would not predictively alarm, meaning that it would not be able to warn you before you had reached blood sugar levels that were out of your target range. No time frame for availability was mentioned.
  
  

The photos below highlight the few new products shown and give a sense for the overall exhibit hall.

CWD had a small booth to show our web site and talk about our conferences medium | large | full	The exhibit hall, quiet on the last morning before the show opened medium | large | full	Unomedical, a long-time CWD supporter, taught diabetes educators about the many choices in insulin pump infusion sets medium | large | full
Educators had a chance to meet and receive autographed books from Dr. Fran Kaufman, author of Diabesity, and ... medium | large | full	... Dr. Anne Peters, author of Conquering Diabetes and Gary Hall, Jr.'s doctor medium | large | full	DexCom had a large, well-staffed booth and spoke about their continuous glucose sensor, which was on display only under glass. medium | large | full
Educators learned about many interesting products from small companies, such as the new flavors of Extend Bar, a snack proven to reduce the risk of hypoglycemia medium | large | full	Soda Club showed their make-it-yourself soda machine, which uses Splenda-sweetened syrups to make sugar free soft drinks. medium | large | full	Diabetes educators auditioned at the dLife booth medium | large | full
Insulet Corporation showed their Omni Pod insulin pump system medium | large | full	Triathlete Jay Hewitt, who spoke at our Friends for Life 2005 conference, offered inspiration to the AADE audience medium | large | full	The FreeStyle butterfly showed the way to the Abbott Diabetes Care booth medium | large | full

JSH
August 14, 2005

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