THERASENSE

TheraSense develop and sell easy to use glucose self-monitoring systems for peoplewith diabetes that dramatically reduce the pain of testing. Using ourproprietary technologies, we have developed products that are less painful touse than current products on the market. FreeStyle, our first product, canaccurately measure glucose levels in a blood sample that is a fraction of thesample size required by other systems. This small sample requirement enablesusers to obtain the sample from their forearms, and thereby dramaticallyreduces the pain and inconvenience associated with a larger blood sample takenfrom their fingertips.