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TECHNICAL

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Warranty

Manufacturer’s Warranty: Ascensia Diabetes Care warrants to the original purchaser that

this instrument will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for 5 years from

the date of original purchase (except as noted below). During the stated 5-year period,

Ascensia Diabetes Care shall, at no charge, replace a unit found to be defective with an

equivalent or current version of the owner’s model.

Limitations of Warranty: This warranty is subject to the following exceptions and

limitations:

1. A 90-day warranty only will be extended for consumable parts and/or accessories.

2. This warranty is limited to replacement due to defects in parts or workmanship.

Ascensia Diabetes Care shall not be required to replace any units that malfunction or

are damaged due to abuse, accidents, alteration, misuse, neglect, maintenance by

someone other than Ascensia Diabetes Care, or failure to operate the instrument in

accordance with instructions. Further, Ascensia Diabetes Care assumes no liability for

malfunction of or damage to Ascensia Diabetes Care instruments caused by the use

of test strips or control solution other than the appropriate products recommended by

Ascensia Diabetes Care (i.e., C

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test strips and C

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control

solutions).

3. Ascensia Diabetes Care reserves the right to make changes in the design of this

instrument without obligation to incorporate such changes into previously manufactured

instruments.

4. Ascensia Diabetes Care has not validated the performance of the C

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blood glucose meter when used with any test strips other than C

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test

strips, and therefore does not warrant the performance of the C

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meter when used with any test strips other than C

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test strips or when the

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test strip is altered or modified in any manner.

5. Ascensia Diabetes Care makes no warranty regarding the performance of the

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than C

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control solution.

6. Ascensia Diabetes Care makes no warranty regarding the performance of the

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the C

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app (where supported) or the G

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management software (where supported) from ASCENSIA DIABETES CARE.

ASCENSIA DIABETES CARE MAKES NO OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY FOR

THIS PRODUCT. THE OPTION OF REPLACEMENT, DESCRIBED ABOVE, IS THE ONLY

OBLIGATION OF ASCENSIA DIABETES CARE UNDER THIS WARRANTY.

IN NO EVENT SHALL ASCENSIA DIABETES CARE BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, SPECIAL

OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF ASCENSIA DIABETES CARE HAS BEEN

ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Some States do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential

damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. This warranty gives

you specific legal rights and you may also have other rights which vary from State to State.

For warranty service: Purchaser must contact Ascensia Diabetes Care Customer Service

for assistance and/or instructions for obtaining service of this instrument. See the back

cover for contact information.

Warranty

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TECHNICAL

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Supplies

When calling or writing for supplies be sure to include the name of the replacement part or

accessory item.

Replacement Parts / Items

References

1. Wickham NWR, et al. Unreliability of capillary blood glucose in peripheral vascular

disease. Practical Diabetes.1986;3(2):100.

2. Atkin SH, et al. Fingerstick glucose determination in shock. Annals of Internal Medicine.

1991;114(12):1020-1024.

3. Desachy A, et al. Accuracy of bedside glucometry in critically ill patients: influence of

clinical characteristics and perfusion index. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 2008;83(4):400-405.

4. US Food and Drug Administration. Use of fingerstick devices on more than one person

poses risk for transmitting bloodborne pathogens: initial communication. US Department

of Health and Human Services; update 11/29/2010. http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/

Safety/AlertsandNotices/ucm224025.htm

5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC clinical reminder: use of fingerstick

devices on more than one person poses risk for transmitting bloodborne pathogens.

US Department of Health and Human Services; 8/23/2010. http://www.cdc.gov/

injectionsafety/Fingerstick-DevicesBGM.html

6. American Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes—2014. Diabetes

Care. 2014;37(supplement 1);S14.

7. Cryer PE, Davis SN. Hypoglycemia. In: Kasper D, et al, editors. Harrison’s Principles of

Internal Medicine. 19th edition. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2015.

8. Data on file, Ascensia Diabetes Care.

9. Parkes J.L. et al. A new consensus error grid to evaluate the clinical significance of

inaccuracies in the measurement of blood-glucose. Diabetes Care. 2000;23(8):

1143-1148.

10. Burtis CA, Ashwood ER, editors. Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry. 5th edition.

Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders Co; 2001;444.

11. Bailey T, Klaff LJ, Wallace JF, et al. Accuracy, precision, and user performance evaluation

of the C

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at: 7th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes;

February 5-8, 2014; Vienna, Austria.

12. Greene C, Brown D, Wallace JF, et al. Comparative accuracy of 3 blood glucose

monitoring systems that communicate with an insulin pump. Endocr Pract.

2014;20(10):1016-1021.

13. Pardo S, Pflug B, Dunne N, Simmons DA. Comparison of bolus insulin dose error

distributions based on results from 2 clinical trials of blood glucose monitoring systems.

Presented at: 14th Annual Meeting of the Diabetes Technology Society; November 6-8,

2014; Bethesda, MD.

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guide

• USB extension cable

• USB cap

• Wall charger

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• Lancing device

• Lancets

• Check the website

www.diabetes.ascensia.com

for any meter updates or

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• To order parts, contact Customer Service.

Please see back cover for contact

information.

Supplies

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