The FreeStyle Optium range of glucometer systems are self-measurements of blood glucose devices that have a simple 2-step testing procedure to measure blood glucose and ketones. Unique chemistry minimizes the effects of interfering substances.
Testing your blood sugar level is one of the best ways to understand your diabetes and how different foods, medications, and activities affect your diabetes. Keeping track of your blood glucose can help you and your doctor makes a plan to manage this condition.
Studies have shown that using a combined device that can measure both blood glucose and ketones in a daily routine can lead to better glycemic control through the avoidance or detection of ketoacidosis/increased frequency of using self-measurements of blood glucose and increased awareness of the patients to an improved glycemic outcome.
FreeStyle Optium Neo
The FreeStyle Optium Neo blood glucose meter is the latest offering from Abbott Diabetes Care, intended to simplify testing and help you keep good control over your blood glucose levels.
The Optium Neo passes the ISO 2013 blood glucose meter accuracy standards with 99% of results falling between the required limits.
Acts as a diabetes logbook
The touchscreen device is user-friendly and has some great features to help you out.
The Optium Neo will log your glucose readings and remember them, and it can be used to log the insulin doses you take.
By comparing these two sets of data, the Optium Neo meter can help you spot trends in blood glucose levels and help you to correct them before they occur, rather than treating yourself reactively.
The Optium blood glucose and beta ketone test strips are foil wrapped. This helps preserve freshness but can make testing a little fiddlier than taking the strips out of the pot.
Optium Neo features
Additional features include:
- Paper-like screen with no glare, and no backlight, meaning reading the screen in bright sunlight is as easy as reading it inside.
- The large, high contrast display has been designed to be easy to use and easy to see.
- The device has heavy emphasis on using icons to navigate and access different areas and functions of the system. This makes it easy and intuitive to use.
- “KET” Ketone testing indicator when recording a 13.3mmol/L glucose level or above
- Capable of carrying out Ketone tests
- Blood glucose trend indicators, which can alert patients when they are experiencing hypoglycemic or hyperglycemic trends (low or high blood glucose levels)
- Downloadable FreeStyle Auto-Assist Neo Software software connects the meter to a computer to get detailed reports to read and print out.
Technical specifications
- Blood glucose sample size: 0.6 microlitre
- Blood ketone sample size: 1.5 microlitre
- Memory: Stores up to 1,000 events –including blood glucose, ketone and control solution readings, and insulin dose logs
- Batteries: Two CR 2032 lithium batteries (coin cell)
- Battery Life: Up to 3,000 tests
- Dimensions: 60 x 87 x 9 mm
- Weight: 33-37g including batteries
- Blood glucose measurement range: 1.1 – 27.8 mmol/L
- Blood ketone measurement range: 0.0 – 8.0 mmol/L
Operating ranges
Operating temperature: 10° to 50° C
Humidity: 10% to 90% (non-condensing)
Storage ranges
Storage temperature: –20° to 60° C
The Optium Xceed Glucometer
The Optium Xceed Glucometer has an end-fill/top-fill test strip with visual confirmation, which makes sample application simpler and more flexible.
Optium Xceed Glucometer comes with an Easy Touch lancing device, 10 lancets, and carry case.
Optium Xceed Features
- Blood glucose and blood ketone testing
- Compact, lightweight and ergonomically designed
- Large, clear display with backlight
- Test on areas other than your fingertip
- Sample type: whole capillary blood
- Small blood sample (only 0.6µL)
- Uses TrueMeasure™ Technology
- Memory holds 450 test results
- Glucose averaging: 7, 14, 30 days
- Very fast test time (5 seconds)
- Upload results to your PC with Precision Link Direct V2.6
- Uses Optium blood glucose test strips and Optium blood ketone test strips
- Simple icon-driven menu
- Simple to use buttons
- No manual coding
- Prevents the use of expired test strips
- Latest technology without the need to retrain
Technical specifications
Blood glucose range: 1.1 – 27.8 mmol/L
Blood ketone range: 0.0 – 8.0 mmol/L
Blood sample application: End-fill or top-fill with visual confirmation
Memory: Up to 450 events
Power source: One coin cell lithium replaceable battery
Battery life: Approx. 1,000 tests
Assay method: Amperometry
Automatic shut off: One minute after the last user action
Haematocrit range: 30 – 60%
Measurement units: mmol/L
Weight: 42g including battery
Dimensions: 29h x 21w x 17d mm
Operating ranges
Operating temperature: 10° to 50° C
Humidity: 10% to 90% (non-condensing)
Storage ranges
Storage temperature: –20° to 60° C
You can learn how to use freestyle Optium and also how to reset freestyle Optium neo in the video below
