Square rolls out smart glucometer ‘Contour Plus ONE’

Square Pharmaceuticals came up with a state-of-the-art smart glucometer called ‘Contour Plus ONE’ from the Swiss-based company Ascensia Diabetes Care, to diagnose blood glucose levels more easily and accurately.

Jayant Saha, business manager of Bangladesh, on behalf of Ascensia Diabetes Care, presented scientific information about Contour Plus One at the unveiling ceremony, reads a press release.

Earlier, National Professor Dr AK Azad Khan discussed the importance of digital technology in controlling and measuring blood glucose levels and diabetes.

Contour Plus One is a smart glucometer because it has a bluetooth connection that allows one to adjust and store data on a smartphone using the Contour Diabetes app. In addition, it has a smart light feature through which the meter indicates hypo, hyper and normal state of blood glucose by illuminating the light signal.

The accuracy of this meter is proven by the standards of ISO 15197: 2013.

However, Square Pharmaceuticals has been marketing glucometers to diagnose diabetes in diabetic patients as well as ensuring uninterrupted supply of diabetes control medications and insulin (Ansulin).