ALAMEDA, CALIF. — Abbott Diabetes Care started shipping its latest FreeStyle Lite meter last month. The new meter features no-coding-necessary technology, and allows a user to re-apply a second blood sample within 60 seconds for an accurate reading if the first blood drop should miss its mark. That functionality will eliminate much of the strip waste associated with testing for blood sugar levels.

The FreeStyle Lite system employs an Abbott technology exclusive to all FreeStyle meters based on coulometric measurement. This patented electrochemical technology makes it ideal for measuring a small blood sample size, only 0.3 microliter, or a drop about the size of a pin head, is required.