founded 1999 ; 17 years ago 1999 headquarters san diego california usa key people kevin sayer ceo & president products medical devices website http dexcom.com dexcom inc. is a company that develops manufactures and distributes continuous glucose monitoring systems for diabetes management . it operates internationally with headquarters in san diego california united states . contents 1 history 2 dexcom seven plus continuous glucose monitor 3 g4 platinum continuous glucose monitoring system with share 4 notes history edit dexcom s roots stem from 1967 research on implanted glucose sensors at the university of wisconsin and started with a focus on creating an implantable sensor that the body would not reject and that would perform for a long period of time . 1 with over 40 patents 2 dexcom s sensor technology is based on this research . dexcom s history includes multiple generations of sensor technology coupled with partner development agreements . in 2006 dexcom received u.s. food and drug administration fda approval and launched the dexcom sts continuous glucose monitoring system . 3 this was a three day sensor that provided up to 288 glucose measurements every 24 hours . dexcom received approval of the second generation product the seven continuous glucose monitoring system in may 2007 . this device improved on accuracy as well as extending usage from three to seven days of continuous wear . 4 in 2008 dexcom announced two consumer development agreements with insulet corporation 5 and animas corporation 6 as well as a development agreement with edwards lifesciences for a continuous glucose monitor in the intensive care unit hospital environment . 7 during february 2009 dexcom received approval for the seven plus continuous glucose monitor the third generation dexcom continuous glucose monitoring system from the fda . 8 this product received a ce mark in november 2009 . in 2013 development to integrate with insulet broke up . 9 dexcom entered a non exclusive agreement with tandem diabetes care inc. in 2015 to allow the integration of next generation g5 and g6 continuous glucose monitoring systems into tandem s insulin pumps . 10 dexcom seven plus continuous glucose monitor edit the dexcom seven plus is dexcom s third generation continuous glucose monitor . it can show a new glucose reading every 5 minutes for up to seven days of uninterrupted wear time to show where glucose levels are where they have been and where they are going . 11 the system is made up of three technologies the sensor transmitter and receiver . the sensor is a flexible round wire that goes just under the skin to read glucose levels and attaches to the skin with an adhesive patch . the transmitter snaps into the sensor ; it wirelessly sends glucose information to the receiver every 5 minutes . the receiver displays glucose levels and trends . it is about the size and weight of a cell phone . the system features include according to a self study by the manufacturer excellent accuracy especially in the hypo zone and during rapid rates of glucose change 12 13 1 hour 3 hour 6 hour 12 hour and 24 hour period trend graphs on the receiver 14 trend arrows to show where glucose is heading 15 alerts & alarms to notify the user when glucose goes either above or below a user defined level 16 water resistant sensor & transmitter pod the receiver is not water resistant 17 rechargeable 18 while the receiver holds up to 30 days of data the dexcom data manager 3 dm3 software allows data downloads from the dexcom cgm systems to a computer . this provides users the ability to track their trends and progress over time . dm3 works with all versions of seven receivers . with the seven plus meal insulin health and activity information entered can be reviewed later with the dm3 software . a1c values can also be entered in the software for tracking and viewing improvements . 19 g4 platinum continuous glucose monitoring system with share edit on jan 26 2015 the fda approved 20 this latest dexcom continuous glucose monitoring system which also links and shares glucose data readout every 5 minutes with cellphones via bluetooth using a free display app as of 04 18 2015 only available on apple iphones 4s & later ; android app pending along with sharing this same data with up to 5 others of the user s choice via cell phone . like previous versions each sensor element is rated for use of 7 days some users achieving longer times transmitter and display re usable with many subsequent sensors transmitter has an internal non rechargeable battery that last 1 year using a calibration check about every 12 hours serving as the calibration reference for a graph of glucose readings every 5 minutes 288 readings 24 hours which are all displayed on both the dexcom monitor & linked cell phones . notes edit esk republika . continuous glucose monitoring company learn more about . dexcom . retrieved 2015 12 03 . http patft.uspto.gov netacgi nph parser sect1 pto2 & sect2 hitoff & p 1 & u netahtml pto search bool.html & r 0 & f s & l 50 & term1 dexcom inc & field1 asnm & co1 and & term2 & field2 & d ptxt dexcom sts continuous glucose monitoring system p050012 . accessdata.fda.gov . retrieved 2015 12 03 . sts 7 continuous glucose monitoring system p050012 s001 . accessdata.fda.gov . retrieved 2015 12 03 . insulet corporation and dexcom announce development agreement nasdaq dxcm . investor.shareholder.com . retrieved 2015 12 03 . dexcom announces joint development agreement with animas corporation . investor.shareholder.com . 2008 06 10 . retrieved 2016 04 04 . edwards lifesciences and dexcom to develop continuous glucose monitoring products for hospital market nasdaq dxcm . investor.shareholder.com . retrieved 2015 12 03 . http www.fda.gov medicaldevices productsandmedicalprocedures deviceapprovalsandclearances pmaapprovals ucm128040.htm insulet & dexcom break up over omnipod next gen plans . diabetesmine.com . 2013 02 05 . retrieved 2015 12 03 . tandem diabetes care announces development agreement with dexcom for integration of future ... san diego july 30 2015 prnewswire . prnewswire.com . retrieved 2015 12 03 . http dexcom.com sites all themes dexcom node files seven plus users guide.pdf seven plus users guide 10.1 device performance characteristics number of readings provided p. 119 . effectiveness and safety study of the next generation dexcom seven continuous glucose monitoring system full text view . clinicaltrials.gov . retrieved 2015 12 03 . http dexcom.com sites all themes dexcom node files seven plus users guide.pdf seven plus users guide 10.1 device performance characteristics p. 109 121 . http dexcom.com sites all themes dexcom node files seven plus users guide.pdf seven plus users guide 5.1 glucose readings p. 69 70 . http dexcom.com sites all themes dexcom node files seven plus users guide.pdf seven plus users guide 5.2 glucose trends p. 71 . http dexcom.com sites all themes dexcom node files seven plus users guide.pdf seven plus users guide 5.3 glucose alerts and alarm p. 73 . http dexcom.com sites all themes dexcom node files seven plus users guide.pdf seven plus users guide 10.2 product specifications p. 123 . http dexcom.com sites all themes dexcom node files seven plus users guide.pdf seven plus users guide 10.2 product specifications p. 127 . http dexcom.com sites all themes dexcom node files dm3 help file.pdf data manager 3 help file esk republika 2015 01 26 . fda approves dexcom g4 platinum continuous glucose monitoring system with share . dexcom . retrieved 2015 12 03 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dexcom & oldid 743674610 categories companies listed on nasdaqmedical equipment manufacturerscompanies based in san diego navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 17 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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