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futurec of sensors for Minimed 780g (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by Pietrasagh@lemmy.world to c/type_one_diabetes@piefed.social

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Hi, does anyone know what are Medtronic future plans for the Guardian 4 sensors? In my experience quality is going down (3 out of 5 not working), there are availability issues in EU. Should I switch already to this new "rebranded freestyle libre" Simplera?

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[–] CodeIntruder@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It appears that Medtronic will continue to manufacture and support the Guardian sensors for the foreseeable future. Here is one of the Medtronic executives talking about it. I have timestamped where she is talking about Guardian but the whole episode is pretty good if you are curious where Medtronic is going with its 3 different CGM sensors in 2026. In case the timestamp doesn't work she talks about the Guardian sensor at 21:22.

https://youtu.be/ai-E5Ch7Y1c?t=1282

Hopefully I linked that correctly. I'm pretty new to Piefed. If it was me personally and I had the option I would switch to their newest sensor, the Instinct. It is made by Abott and is essentially a Libre 3+ as far as I can tell. I am currently using the G7 but I used the Libre before that and I really liked it. Very accurate and a long wear time. No complaints really.

EDIT: Inserting an URL didn't work. You may need to copy and paste my link. Sorry!