Insulclock : A Novel Insulin Delivery Optimization and Tracking System
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Background: Achieving and maintaining controlled glycemic levels are challenging in people with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus, suboptimal insulin injections being the main obstacle to treatment success. Methods: This research article presents the main functionalities and performance tests on Insulclock ® , an electronic device plugged into insulin pens and connected with a smartphone app to improve insulin management. Insulclock tracks the date, time of day, dose, type of insulin, temperature, and duration of insulin injections. Information is stored in the device memory and is available for analysis by patients and health care providers. Insulclock device also has a reminder system with visual and acoustic alerts to reduce insulin omissions and mistiming. Results: The main performance tests reveal that Insulclock can detect seven types of insulin pens with a 97% correct classification rate. Among 556 injections, most of the doses were accurately detected (deviation = 0), with relative errors ranging from 3% to 7% across different dosages. The duration of injections recorded by this device strongly correlated with that detected by an external chronometer ( R 2 = 0.99, root-mean-square deviation [RMSD] = 0.39). Moreover, the precision of the temperature sensor was evidenced by high correlation of temperatures detected by Insulclock and by an external thermometer (Pearson's R 2 = 0.90, RMSD = 0.45). Conclusions: Insulclock: is a novel device capable of tracking dosing, timing, and missing insulin injections. The promising capabilities it offers for diabetes mellitus self-management may help health care providers, researchers, and insulin users avoid frequent errors in insulin administration.
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The smart insulin pen cap has an alarm system with visual and sound alerts designed to assist preventing insulin omissions and mistiming.
“The smart insulin pen cap has an alarm system with visual and sound alerts designed to assist preventing insulin omissions and mistiming.”
From Efficacy of a Smart Insulin Pen Cap for the Management of Patients with Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Cross-Over Trial (2023) · cites this paper as [19]
The Insulclock smart insulin pen cap can be plugged to several brands of insulin pens and tracks date, time, dosage, type of insulin, and temperature range.
“Insulclock®19 is a smart insulin pen cap plugged to several brands of insulin pen devices to help track date, time and dosage of the last injection, type of insulin used, and temperature range.”
From Efficacy of a Smart Insulin Pen Cap for the Management of Patients with Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Cross-Over Trial (2023) · cites this paper as [19]
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- Authors
- Gomez-Peralta, F., Abreu, C., Gomez-Rodriguez, S., & Ruiz, L.
- Affiliations
- Endocrinology and Nutrition Unit, Segovia General Hospital, Segovia, Spain.
- Hospital General De Segovia (ES)
- Insulcloud S.L. (B87131454), Madrid, Spain.
- ORCID
- Abreu, Cristina
- Venue
- Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2019-04
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 209-214
- ISSN
- 1520-9156 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-8593
- OpenAlex
- W2924520224
- Cited by
- 30
- References
- 32
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 2.84
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Sanofi
- European Commission
- Novo Nordisk
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Education
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Keywords
- insulin pens, insulin omission, injection timing, temperature sensing, diabetes self-management, mobile application, glycemic control
- MeSH terms
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Injections, Insulin, Drug Delivery Systems
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