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ArticleJournal of diabetes science and technology2018

Manufacturing Process Changes and Reduced Skin Irritations of an Adhesive Patch Used for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices.

Vitaliy Gisin, Anna Chan, John B Welsh

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Article in Journal of diabetes science and technology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. [Contact allergy due to insulin pumps and glucose sensor systems].Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vitaliy Gisin1 Dexcom, Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Anna Chan1 Dexcom, Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
John B Welsh1 Dexcom, Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
Dexcom (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adhesives used for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices can cause skin irritations, which sometimes lead to abandonment of the therapy. A previous sensor manufacturing process involved two separate adhesives-one applied to the skin-facing surface of the fabric patch, and a second, ethyl cyanoacrylate-based adhesive, which secured the plastic transmitter housing to the superficial side of the patch. Our current process for attaching the transmitter housing to the fabric patch uses heatstaking, wherein the housing is heated and pressed against the patch with a specialized assembly apparatus. Heatstaking simplifies the sensor assembly process and obviates the need for the second adhesive, which may lead to lower risk of skin irritation(s) in some patients.

Indexed as

AdhesivesBlood Glucose Self-MonitoringDermatitis, Allergic ContactHumansAdhesivesacrylateadhesivescontact allergycontact dermatitiscontinuous glucose monitoringpolymerized acrylates

Identifiers

PMID29076353
PMCPMC6154234
OpenAlexW2765706397

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