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Existing SMBG assistive devices that patients were unable to utilize. (A) SMBG assist devices that are no longer in use, but were once provided by Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co.; two escort guides made of plastic and tape, a congested rubber band (Sanwa Kagaku Kenkyusho Co., Nagoya, Aichi, Japan). (B and C) Several SMBG assistive devices created by TERUMO CORPORATION; plastic escort guides and rings to congest the fingers (TERUMO CORPORATION, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan).
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Since it was difficult to learn the SMBG technique due to poor vision, we prepared ready-made SMBG assistive devices made of rubber bands and plastic (Figure 1A-C).
SMBG assistive device created by the patient's husband. (A) The first SMBG assistive device was made of wood by the manufacturer, the patient's husband. (B) The second SMBG assistive device was made of ABS resin with an antibacterial effect by the patient's husband. (C) The third SMBG assistive device was also made of ABS resin with an antibacterial effect by the patient's husband. (D) After (C), the SMBG assistive device made of ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin) resin with an antibacterial effect continued to improve, and various types and sizes of SMBG assistive devices were made.
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The first SMBG assistive device was made of wood by the manufacturer, the patient's husband (Figure 2A). The second SMBG assistive device was made of ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) resin with an antibacterial effect by the patient's husband (Figure 2B). ABS resin with an antibacterial effect for safety by the patient's husband (Figure 2C). After the third SMBG assistive device, it's device made of ABS resin with an antibacterial effect continued to improve, and various types and sizes of SMBG assistive devices were made (Figure 2D).
Part of the prototype created by the patient's husband. These are some of the more than 200 prototypes created by the patient's husband in response to a request from a medical device company that was in the process of producing an SMBG assistive device.
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As a result, a medical device company producing SMBG assist devices asked for our help in developing a new SMBG assist device, and after testing more than 200 prototypes (Figure 3), a new type of SMBG assistive device is now available for patients who wish to have it as an accessory to SMBG (Figure 4).
SMBG assistive device supplied as an accessory. This is the SMBG assistive device that, after a number of prototypes, is currently being provided to patients who wish to have it as an accessory to SMBG (Roche DC Japan K.K., Minatoku, Tokyo, Japan).
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As a result, a medical device company producing SMBG assist devices asked for our help in developing a new SMBG assist device, and after testing more than 200 prototypes (Figure 3), a new type of SMBG assistive device is now available for patients who wish to have it as an accessory to SMBG (Figure 4).