OneTouch Ultra is a

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monitoring device for people with diabetes that is manufactured by Johnson & Johnson. It is the foundation product for LifeScan's OneTouch Ultra family of blood glucose monitoring systems. OneTouch Ultra blood glucose meters provide blood glucose test results in five seconds. The device offers alternative test site options, as well as various memory and flagging features. The results are displayed as plasma values. It is used to measure glucose levels for both

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and hyperglycemia in children and adults. OneTouch meters are sold in kits containing a carrying case, a lancing device, control solution, sample quantities of lancets, and a replacement cap for use with the sampling device when using alternative site testing. The OneTouch Ultra 2 Meter is similar in design and operation to the OneTouch Ultra, with features including Before and After Meal Flags, Comments, and a list-style memory recall. This meter also provides 7-day, 14-day, and 30-day averages, with the option of averaging "before meal" or "after meal" records. Currently, there are two products in the LifeScan OneTouch family: OneTouch Select Plus Flex meter and OneTouch Plus Meter. They use the same strips to monitor blood sugar. It is a code free meter.

Notable ad campaigns

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had type 2 diabetes for 25 years. He was in an ad campaign for OneTouch Ultra, describing how blue he feels from diabetes. There was also a commercial with him and Matthew Cooper, a young musician from Boulder, Colorado who has had Type 1 Diabetes since age one and also plays blues music. The campaign promoted the use of alternative site testing. King also worked in collaboration with ''

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'' contestant Crystal Bowersox (who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age six) to spread awareness about diabetes. King and Bowersox were also involved in the LifeFirst diabetes awareness campaign through OneTouch Ultra. * Patti LaBelle has had diabetes since 1995. She was in an ad campaign for OneTouch Ultra 2 Meter, describing how she collapsed on stage and discovered she had diabetes. Labelle re-recorded her 1980s hit "New Attitude" for one of the commercials. *OneTouch has in the past been the main shirt sponsor of

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, highlighting LifeScan's presence as a major employer in the

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