ROLL-A-STRIP

Fact
Diabetes Patients are required to check their blood glucose levels multiple times a day. A diabetes
patient who knows their blood glucose level has the ability to alter their blood glucose manage-
ment strategy if their individual goals are not being met. Regularly checking blood glucose levels
also help reduce the risk for having long term complications from diabetes. Based on studies of
people with type 1 diabetes (Diabetes Control and Complications Trial [DCCT]) and type 2 diabetes
(United Kingdom Prevention of Diabetes [UKPDS]), maintaining near normal blood glucose and
HbA1c levels significantly reduces the risks of complications arising from diabetes.

Special points of
Problem interest:
Medical technology has made it far simpler for individuals to live with • No need to carry
diabetes. With the help of technologically advanced and compact de- around individual
vices, individuals have been able to be discrete about their diabetes and strips
manage it better. However, the changing of the blood glucose tester • Change weekly
strip in the blood glucose monitor is a unnecessary step which can be
• Just insert car-
replaced to make it a more efficient process.
tridge into blood
The Process that an Individual has to go through when testing blood glu- glucose tester
cose are outline below
1. Take blood glucose tester strip out of bottle
2. Insert blood glucose tester strip into blood glucose monitor UNIVERSITY OF
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3. Take Lancet, pierce skin
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4. Put blood droplet on tester strip
5. Dispose of blood glucose tester strip
Munaf M. Kachwala
These 5 steps have to be done 5-6 times daily and the manipulation of
Abhishek Kumar
the blood glucose tester strip occupies 3 of the 5 steps.
Julien Azimzadeh
Sarah Manzoor
Solution
Instead of constantly having to replace the blood glucose tester strip, have an inbuilt set of blood
glucose tester strips.
The Roll-A-Strip blood glucose tester cartridge uses the same technology that currently available
blood glucose tester strips use. However, instead of going through the hassle of changing blood
glucose tester strips 5-6 times a day and up to 42 times a week, the Roll-A-Strip cartridge can be
simply placed into the blood glucose tester and replaced every week or once the cartridge is over.
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