World Global Network Rxtense glucose monitor

[wolfi]

From the crooks that marketed the Helo band comes a shiny device that they say will monitor your glucose without pricking. Everything about them says SCAM how are they allowed to make these claims?

[ribshaw]

They're not allowed to make them, they just do. I won't be bothered but reconciling any FDA registration with claims being made would be an interesting exercise.

https://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/deviceregulationandguidance/overview/default.htm#list

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfRL/rl.cfm




Typical Pyramid/MLM take a readily available product, charge too much for it and overstate it's benefits to justify cost. Rinse and repeat.


While continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are now widely available, they do not replace the need for fingersticks altogether. (Some manufacturers still recommend calibrating CGM systems 3-4 times per day for optimal glucose sensor accuracy). At the minimum, a CGM still requires at least 1 fingerstick glucose reading every 12 hours to calibrate the CGM sensor. https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/2018/04/11/new-wearable-wrist-patch-could-end-painful-fingersticks-to-measure-blood-sugar/#4f5e197e6f06

[ribshaw]

"Helo LX: The story of Multi-Level Marketing and one overpriced health band"


https://www.wareable.com/fitness-trackers/helo-lx-band-multi-level-marketing-9876

[Char]

Typical Pyramid/MLM take a readily available product, charge too much for it and overstate it's benefits to justify cost. [Ponzi money]. Rinse and repeat.

And even if the product did what it was supposed to do, when you lure the same person who is supposed to be the customer with the option to make more money than they spend, by also luring others; the product becomes insignificant anyway.

So why bother too much with the technology and manufacturing price of the product? Hence, what ribshaw said above. It's a catch 22 and the inherent flaw in MLMing.