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Ames Glucometer Encore Diabetes Care System

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Miles, Inc.
Description
Blood glucose monitor with packaging, box of test strips, automatic lancing device, lancets, check paddle, quick reference cards, Clinilog record book, important notice card, user's guide, "Diabetes in the News" subscription offer card, warranty card, Video Training Program request card, "Important Training Information Enclosed" envelope, normal control package insert, automatic lancing device package insert, and bottle of normal control solution.
Blood glucose monitor is gray and dark blue plastic with LCD display panel and dark blue button on the front. Box is white and gray paper with orange, dark blue, and gray print and picture of blood glucose monitor and kit on the front and side. Box of test strips is white and gray paper with orange, teal, and gray print and picture of test strip on the front. Glucolet lancing device is gray plastic with metal clip. Bag of lancets is clear plastic with light gray plastic lancets and dark gray plastic tip. "Check Paddle" (calibration device) is in a clear and black square plastic case with a hinged opening and includes a white card with orange, dark blue, and gray print as well as a gray plastic "check paddle" and black foam liner. The Quick Reference Guide is 7 bound paper cards that are white paper with dark blue and black print and include pictorial instructions in English and Spanish. Clinilog record book is blue paper with red and white print and inside pages are white with black print. User's Guide is white paper with orange, dark blue and black print and has a picture of the blood glucose monitor on the front. Inside pages are white with black, green, pink, mustard, burgundy, and peach print and includes pictorial instructions for use. " Important Training Information Enclosed" envelope is white with blue print and contained Encore Normal Control package insert and Glucolet Automatic Lancing Device package insert.
Printed on box: No Timing, No Wiping / Laboratory Accuracy / Test Results in 15-60 Seconds
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Jeffrey Roe
1994
ID Number
2014.0140.24
accession number
2014.0140
catalog number
2014.0140.24
Object Name
blood glucose monitor
Physical Description
foam (overall material)
metal (overall material)
plastic (overall material)
paper (overall material)
cardboard (overall material)
Measurements
blood glucose monitor: 11 cm x 6.3 cm x 1.7 cm; 4 11/32 in x 2 15/32 in x 21/32 in
automatic lancing device: 10 cm x 2 cm; 3 15/16 in x 25/32 in
box: 19.9 cm x 14.5 cm x 11 cm; 7 27/32 in x 5 23/32 in x 4 11/32 in
place made
United States: Indiana, Elkhart
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
Diabetes
National Museum of American History
Record ID
nmah_1465251
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ae-402a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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