Discover real-world examples of how our technology is making a difference. These case studies showcase the impact of our CGM system in everyday life, highlighting the performance, reliability, and user experience of our products across a variety of settings.

I was first told I was pre diabetic about ten years ago when I was working on Embarrassing Bodies. At a routine NHS Health Check, last year my HbA1c came back in the diabetic range at 48. My BMI is 19.5, I eat healthily and exercise regularly so, even as a GP, I wasn’t sure what I could do in terms of lifestyle to rectify the situation. I decided to wear a Yuwell CGM for a couple of weeks and was surprised to find that, for me, bread (even sourdough bread) is my nemesis. My blood sugars rise to over 20 with just a single slice. I would never have known this without wearing a Yuwell. I have cut out bread entirely from my diet and my HbA1c is now 40, so not even pre diabetic. 

We know that by the time someone is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, they have a 50% chance of already having developed some of the complications of diabetes such as vascular and nerve damage. Wearing a Yuwell device may well have saved my life!

I am a General practitioner with is 35 years of experience work of working in the UK. in three separate practices.

I was asked to evaluate the Yuwell device and particularly to look at how It compares to other devices that do similar things and what the Yuwell’s strengths and unique characteristics are and how that might be used in my own practice to help my own patients.

I was able able to use the Yuwell device to help a young 40 year old male diabetic with five children, who was not managing well, particularly when looking at his blood tests showing the HBA1C to be over 100 when the normal range should be between 45 and 58 to prevent complications from his type 2 diabetes.

I enabled him to get His HBA1C. down before but he sadly had fallen back principally because he did not feel able to prick his finger to establish his blood sugar three times a day with a glucometer device.

One of the things that was very successful with the. Yuwell device was the relative simplicity of setting it up and connecting the device to the patients  phone even though it was quite an old model of IPhone, and as soon as this part was done, connection was established and the device was placed onto his abdomen. Over the next 14 days there were over 6000 readings of blood sugar saved onto his phone which I was able to look at  and analyse and share with secondary care in the hospital. I am pleased to say the overall trend and time in range was downwards. The fact that the blood sugar was measured every 3 minutes, in my view, helped him look at how his diet and his lifestyle impacted on his diabetes in real time

I subsequently used the Yuwell device on myself to investigate why my own HBA1C was bordering prediabetes and I was able to learn about my own blood sugar, particularly interestingly that the tendency for the blood sugar to be raised overnight whilst asleep. (You can’t prick your finger whilst asleep) The Yuwell device showed me a number of useful things about my own lifestyle and did indeed educate me on a few aspects of my diet.

I found the technology very robust. It was able to survive being under water in the bath. I was particularly impressed with the fact that the transmitter was reusable. I made a point of using the same transmitter over 42 days. At one point I had both the Yuwell device and the Freestyle Libre device on at the same time. The Libre device was more uncomfortable on my arm and more conspicuous to others as opposed to the Yuwell which was hidden under clothing.

The other clever feature is that there is no need to keep tapping the phone onto the transmitter because it connects via Bluetooth so works over a considerable distance maybe 15 metres.

The low blood sugar alarm was good and I discovered that my blood sugar goes down late morning to 3.9mmol. The level can be adjusted to increase or decrease the low blood sugar alarm.

I particularly liked the software and the graphics that came with the device and found them easy to use and useful when teaching my patient.

There is a huge pool, perhaps 5 million patients, with type 2  diabetics and prediabetes where there is now a unique opportunity to prevent harm and more importantly educate the wearer of the Yuwell device to, in real time, make important changes to their everyday activities and thus potentially put their diabetes and prediabetes into remission. The cost benefits to the NHS in my view would be positive given the enormous number of Type 2 diabetics that are storing up a burden of disease for the future. Good control of the time in range score and the taking of statins and good control of blood pressure will together be a great positive for good health we now have a way of encouraging the diabetic patient to engage in all three area’s and also look at how our prescribing of medication is affecting the patient in real time. We have come a long way from testing for sugar in the urine when I first qualified as a GP.

I found it particularly refreshing, in this day of throw away plastic, that the same transmitter can be re used for up to a year. This will result in a lower cost as it is only necessary to purchase sensors every 2 weeks.

On Tuesday, I had a really busy day – up at 5.00 a.m. as is my normal routine, had breakfast at 6.00 & started work at 6.30. I didn’t have time for any lunch that day, as I had a really full schedule, with not just work, but also doing the weekly shop etc. When I got home with the shopping, I was just starting to put it away, when my phone started to vibrate in an unusual pattern, so I took a look at the screen and saw a message telling me to check my blood glucose levels on the app. When I opened the app, it was showing that I had a reading of less than 3 mmol/L!

I had absolutely no signs of hypoglycaemia physically, but I knew that if it had got any lower , there was a very serious risk that I could go into hypoglycaemic shock & possibly a coma. If it hadn’t been for the Yuwell CT3 monitor giving me the warning, I would never have known that this was very likely to happen. Fortunately, as I was in my kitchen at the time, I had a jar of honey in the cupboard, which I had a couple of teaspoonfuls of & also prepared a quick meal, to bring my glucose levels back up to normal (for me) levels again. If I had been driving on a fairly long journey, or somewhere other than at home without this device, this could easily have been a very different outcome.

It really did help to save my life on Tuesday.

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