Smartwatch?

[New in Town]

Hi, has anyone managed to get a smart watch to work with a pump? Am T1 currently using MDI with Libre2+ and have achieved very good control via Android phone and Galaxy 4 Watch (via 3rd party Jug&GDH apps). I've been offered NHS rollout of pumps but would like to have all the access to data I currently have via watch & phone.....

 

[helli]

Can you elaborate what you want - are you asking to display data in your smart watch or do you also want to do things like bolus and suspend your basal from your watch?
If you are using a CGM with a pump, I believe the data should still be available to your watch. But data such as current basal rate and insulin on board information may not be available.

There are a few pumps that can be managed through a phone app. Maybe these can forward data to your phone. But before getting too excited, I would ask your diabetes clinic what pumps they offer and then do research on those pumps, only. You will find different clinics offer different pumps - some clinics have very restricted lists in order that the DSNs may be able to provide indepth support to their patients for all the pumps they offer.

 

[martindt1606]

I have the Tandem TSlim & Dexcom G7 closed loop. The solution comes with 3 APPs:
Glooko - primary interface with clinic. I manually input meals, exercise, other drugs and blood glucose data and insulin values are uploaded from pump. Comes with a good range of graphs with fulk analytics on the website which is shared with the clinic.
Dexcom - records blood glucose from G7 sensor - current position and timeline (both also available on the apple watch) plus also has time in range analysis although for this there is also the Clarity app.
Clarity - records blood glucose (current and historic) with 8 available reports and varying time segments up to 90 days.

I find I have more than enough information available to manage blood glucose levels throughout the day and to have meaningful discussions during review at clinic.

 

[helli]

@martindt1606 are yo able to bolus from any of these apps or are they read only?

 

[New in Town]

Can you elaborate what you want - are you asking to display data in your smart watch or do you also want to do things like bolus and suspend your basal from your watch?
If you are using a CGM with a pump, I believe the data should still be available to your watch. But data such as current basal rate and insulin on board information may not be available.

There are a few pumps that can be managed through a phone app. Maybe these can forward data to your phone. But before getting too excited, I would ask your diabetes clinic what pumps they offer and then do research on those pumps, only. You will find different clinics offer different pumps - some clinics have very restricted lists in order that the DSNs may be able to provide indepth support to their patients for all the pumps they offer.

Thanks for responding.
Am just interested in data display as the watch is much more convenient during activities (as I anticipate pumps will be too). I'll leave the boost/pause and control to the pump.
In my experience, though DSNs are very helpful, they flounder in any discussions about tech especially smart watches.

 

[helli]

Am just interested in data display

But what data do you want displayed?
My pump (a Medtrum Nano) has a phone app for everything - setting it up, bolus, suspending basal as well as displaying things like current basal rate, IOB and time, size and type of last bolus.

In my experience, though DSNs are very helpful, they flounder in any discussions about tech especially smart watches.

I agree. It is not the kind of support I was referring to - many patients are not as technical as you and I and need support to do things like combo boluses which are different on all pumps I have used. So the clinics support a small set of pumps only and getting excited by features on the Tandem, for example, could lead to disappointment if your clinic only offer the Medtronic.
It is always worth finding out what your pump options are before any investigations. It is very rare for a clinic to provide a pump that they do not know and have no commercial relationship with the manufacturer.

FYI I have included a screenshot of my pump app but Medtrum is not available in many clinics and the HCL is not approved.

 

[martindt1606]

Thanks for responding.
Am just interested in data display as the watch is much more convenient during activities (as I anticipate pumps will be too). I'll leave the boost/pause and control to the pump.
In my experience, though DSNs are very helpful, they flounder in any discussions about tech especially smart watches.

The G7 bluetooths direct to an apple watch. You can see blood glucose and trend and you will receive alerts if high or low or if rates are falling / rising quickly. I find the alerts are more useful when exercise is more strenuous, less strenuous eg walking the dogs you need to check the watch.

 

[martindt1606]

@martindt1606 are yo able to bolus from any of these apps or are they read only?

Not yet although I have seen reports that in the US the FDA have approved a Tandem APP to do that. Based on past experience I suspect it’s likely to be a year or so before they roll out the functionality in the uk.