Matt Henriksen

This episode has the potential to talk about a gold standard that has disrupted a previous standard of care with new technology.

And so I think we just need to take a step back and walk through how CGMs disrupted the glucose monitor market in the first place over those 20 years and what you saw expand and how that technology expanded over those two decades.

Well, and 20 years ago, why was it so hard to be able to get that continuous readings of the glucose levels?

Because, you know, I'm thinking like the antiquated way is, you know, you prick your finger four times a day.

Right.

And so basically get four readings a day.

Now you're doing, if I did my math right, you know, five minutes between readings, that's 288 readings without pricking your finger.

So what was the technology to get?

to those 288 readings accurately.

Yeah.

And that's probably why now you just see the Dexcom and the Abbott's of the world being able to dominate the market because they've been able to establish that type of stabilizing chemistry, as you mentioned.

With those two in the market, they're mainly in the type one space and they're starting to get into the type two diabetic patient population.

How has that patient opportunity changed throughout the years?

And I think we'll definitely jump into how to integrate all those into one device, because even when you mentioned the ring, the watch, all those things,

One of the reasons why I haven't personally gone into those is because I'm like well Do I need ten different apps for ten different readings?

So I definitely I'm gonna be personally curious about that going back to the the context for type two is it just as simple as you know, I Had an extra bagel for breakfast and I see that rise in the glucose measurements Therefore, I know I need to fix my diet better to be able to maintain the time and range and

Or is there more complicated understanding of the glucose health for these patients?

Yeah.

Or I was even thinking like, oh, how much orange juice could I drink before it gets yellow?

Which is another kind of same thing, cognitive understanding of how your body's working and everything.