New Blood Sugar Monitoring Watch

We don’t usually cover medical technology, but to the millions of people suffering with Diabetes and the constant pricking of fingertips to check glucose levels, there is a pretty major breakthrough in sight. A new watch from Glucon monitor blood sugar and display it on the watch using sound waves. Just don’t confuse 220 with 2:20!

“Glucose monitoring device developer Glucon today announced it was granted a US patent for the use of photoacoustic waves originating in the blood vessel to calculate the concentration of glucose in the blood vessel. Glucon’s flagship device, the Glucose Monitoring Watch, will display a continuous reading of the patient’s real time blood glucose level, enabling the patient to take the necessary measures to treat their condition. It will do so by marrying two proven scientific tools - photonics and acoustics. Ultrasound imaging is employed to identify a blood vessel and optical spectroscopy is used to quantify the glucose concentration within the blood vessel.” Source: Globes [Online]