1a61:3850 — FreeStyle Optium/Precision Neo
Abbott Diabetes Care
- Vendor ID
- 1a61
- Product ID
- 3850
- Combined
- 1a61:3850
- Decimal
- 6753:14416
What is this device?
This is the USB identifier for a FreeStyle Optium/Precision Neo manufactured by Abbott Diabetes Care. The vendor ID 1a61 is registered to Abbott Diabetes Care with the USB Implementers Forum, and 3850 is the product ID that Abbott Diabetes Care assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 1a61:3850 Abbott Diabetes Care FreeStyle Optium/Precision Neo.
How to identify it on your system
Linux
$ lsusb Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1a61:3850 Abbott Diabetes Care FreeStyle Optium/Precision Neo
You can filter directly with lsusb -d 1a61:3850, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 1a61:3850. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=1a61, idProduct=3850.
Windows
In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:
USB\VID_1A61&PID_3850 USB\VID_1A61&PID_3850&REV_0100
From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_1A61&PID_3850"
macOS
$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
FreeStyle Optium/Precision Neo:
Product ID: 0x3850
Vendor ID: 0x1a61 (Abbott Diabetes Care)Driver help
Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.
Raw usb.ids entry
The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:
1a61 Abbott Diabetes Care 3850 FreeStyle Optium/Precision Neo