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cobas® pulse. Surprisingly different.

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Next level performance

Cutting-edge technology and the most advanced strip architecture we ever had.

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Next level simplicity

Easy-to-use like a mobile phone but made for healthcare environments.

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Next level connectivity

Smart features and apps to help transform
the way you work.

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The best performance you can trust

From critical care to neonatal care – when it comes to your most vulnerable patient, you can trust the cobas® pulse system. Its cutting-edge technology and unique, advanced strip architecture deliver advanced accuracy without interferences impacting the results.

Making cobas® pulse the most accurate and reliable connected blood glucose meter we have ever built. Designed for optimal compliance, more patient safety and better patient care because fast, reliable results matter.1-3

Discover cobas® pulse – the only device on the market that meets all CLSI POCT12-A312 criteria.

Advanced accuracy

Advanced accuracy

Elevate your care to achieve diagnostic excellence. cobas® pulse delivers reliable results you can trust for all patient populations and in any hospital environment. Patients can benefit from more precise results, potentially leading to better treatment decisions and improved health outcomes.4 Raise confidence in testing methods, minimize errors,5 and simplify workflows – all while keeping the lab in control. Download our science poster to view the full results!

Confidently manage blood glucose levels with cobas® pulse and its advanced performance right at the Point of Care. Enable fast, correct treatment decisions to prevent potentially life-threatening complications caused by hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia and minimize both short-term and long-term complications.6-9 By maintaining stable blood glucose levels in critically ill patients, you not only enhance patient safety and overall health outcomes, you also help reduce ICU stay duration and improve recovery rates.10

Early detection of hypoglycemia is critical in newborns. Affecting up to 15% and rising to 50% in at-risk babies.11 cobas® pulse delivers highly accurate and reliable blood glucose results, allowing you to take swift action if needed. By optimizing neonate glucose management, you can help minimize immediate risks like seizures and reduce long-term complications.12 This can lead to better overall outcomes for your neonates and can improve economic efficiency by potentially reducing overall healthcare cost.13

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No interferences impacting results.

Precise and accurate data-driven insights at the Point of Care are essential to help clinicians make the right medical decisions. Fast.

  • Empowering healthcare professionals with rapid, highly accurate and reliable blood glucose readings that can be essential for life-saving treatment decisions and timely intervention.
  • Hematocrit, skin disinfectants, 142 endogenous and exogenous interferents tested (many more assessed), high ascorbic acid concentration and oxygen were evaluated.1
  • Guidelines adopted: FDA Guidance for Industry: Blood Glucose Monitoring Test Systems for Prescription, Point-of Care Use (2020), CLSI EP07-A3/EP37, CLSI POCT12-A3, ISO 15197:2013.

A powerful multi-tool to get your work done.

Focusing on the needs of doctors and nurses and everyone supporting them, cobas® pulse is here to make your work life easier. The customizable multi-tool in one device is ready to improve today's and tomorrow’s workflows and easily integrates into existing infrastructures. Helping you to get your work done while providing the best possible care for every single patient.

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Simple to learn

Helps to save time and money

cobas® pulse is as easy to use as your smartphone. Helping you to make daily operations more efficient and train new staff faster.

  • Intuitive Android™ based interface
  • WLAN, Bluetooth, RFID/NFC
  • Device-guided test process with color changes between each step ensures fast and easy operation
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Simple to use

Keeps staff and patients safe  and at ease

cobas® pulse relieves the pressure on medical staff while improving patient experience through smart features and intelligent apps that make everyone’s life easier.

  • Easy badging log-in for full compliance
  • Strip port lighting for dim locations
  • Automatic strip release to help reduce the risk of contamination14
  • Customizable with powerful mobile health apps
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Simple to take care of

Built for a tough day at work

cobas® pulse is a high-performing connected medical device designed for intense environments. Accidental drops from 2 meters or cleaning it repeatedly – the easy-to-service multi-tool is ready for whatever comes its way.14

  • Robust design, easy to disinfect14
  • Wireless and fast charging
  • High serviceability and access to mobile health apps with navify® Integrator
  • Greater operational effectiveness with navify® POC operations15
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Mobile health apps to help you reinvent care delivery.

By enhancing cobas® pulse with a growing suite of Roche and third-party apps, we provide you with the tools to make informed decisions, communicate seamlessly, document accurately, conduct offline tests, analyze digital biomarkers, monitor vital signs, collect data, and more. Helping you to free up their time so you can focus on direct patient care – wherever and whenever it’s needed.  

  • Optimize treatments and aid decision-making with data-driven health insight 
  • Enhance clinical workflows and administrative tasks
  • Foster collaboration and communication

Visit the navify® Marketplace to view selected available apps

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cobas® pulse and navify® Integrator

Smart connectivity for your future needs.

navify® Integrator features an easy-to-use serviceability interface which gives you control over updates, saves you time and allows you to manage problems with ease.

  • Save time and minimize disruption
  • Enhance serviceability
  • Carry out preventive maintenance
  • Download and distribute apps
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cobas® pulse and navify® POC Operations

Revolutionize Point of Care management.

navify® POC Operations, an integrated digital solution, centralizes devices and data to deliver relevant, real-time information wherever it’s needed.

  • Enable seamless integration
  • Promote flexibility — work on-the-go
  • Enhance device management
  • Drive continuous excellence
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    *cobas® pulse system has not launched in all markets

    **The use of any third-party app is subject to a separate license agreement with the respective third-party app developer. Roche gives no warranties (express or implied) concerning any third-party app. Third-party apps might not be available in your country.

    *** Images on this page are used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model.

     

    References

    1. Roche cobas® GLU test strips Method Sheet V3.0, 2023.
    2. CLSI, POCT12-A3 Point of Care Blood Glucose Testing in Acute and Chronic Care Facilities - Approved Guideline -Third Edition. Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087 USA, 2013.
    3. Goodman M et al. Multicentre evaluation of a new strip-based blood glucose system (cobas® pulse, Roche Diagnostics) for near-patient testing in critical and non-critical care settings. Presented at: EuroMedLab; 2022 Apr 10-14; Munich.
    4. Tran NK. Point of care blood glucose devices in the hospital setting. Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences. 2023 Jun; 60(4:290–299.
    5. Carraro P et al. Post-analytical errors with portable glucose meters in the hospital setting. Clin Chim Acta. 2009 Jun; 404(1):65-67.
    6. Pasquel FJ et al. Management of diabetes and hyperglycaemia in the hospital. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2021 Mar; 9 (3):174-188.
    7. American Diabetes Association Professional Practice Committee; 16. Diabetes Care in the Hospital: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2024. Diabetes Care 1 January 2024; 47(1):295–306.
    8. Dhatariya K et al. NCBI Bookshelf. 2020.
    9. Hermanides J et al. Glucose variability is associated with intensive care unit mortality. Crit Care Med. 2010; 38(3):838-842.
    10. Dombrowski NC et al. Pathophysiology and management strategies for hyperglycemia for patients with acute illness during and following a hospital stay. Metabolism. 2013 Mar; 62(3):326-36.
    11. Edwards T. et al. Clinical Aspects of Neonatal Hypoglycemia: A Mini Review. Front Pediatr. 2021 Jan 8; 8:562251.
    12. Abramowski A et al. Neonatal Hypoglycemia. 2023 Sep 4. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024.
    13. Glasgow MJ et al. Cost burden and net monetary benefit loss of neonatal hypoglycaemia. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021; 21:121.
    14. Roche Diagnostics International Ltd. Data on file.
    15. navify® Publication KLAS POC Operations Report, V2.0, 2023.