Cool new technology
A cool bit of medical technology is posted at
MedGaget
bq.
Glucon: noninvasive blood glucose
Israeli company Glucon has been awarded a US patent for "the use of photoacoustic waves originating in the blood vessel to calculate the concentration of glucose in the blood vessel."
bq. The technology should relieve millions of diabetic patients from suffering a daily routine of self sticking to measure blood sugar. In addition, the continuous display of blood glucose should optimize the diabetic treatment. The company is working to bring its Glucose Monitoring Watch to the market in the future.
They have a picture and it looks just like a wristwatch albeit a little on the thick side. The Glucon company's website is
here and the technology is shown
here.
Posted by DaveH at February 17, 2005 6:17 PM