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Hopefully blood glucose monitoring will come soon as well
by mandeepj 1y ago
Hopefully blood glucose monitoring will come soon as well
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- SJMG 1y agoI'm out of the loop, can this be done without drawing blood now?
- borski 1y agoYou can do it by using interstitial fluid, which is how CGMs work. But, in short, no, not yet: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/do-not-use-smartwatches-or-smart-rings-measure-blood-glucose-levels-fda-safety-communication https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/do...
- SJMG 1y agoGotcha, thanks for the clarification and answer.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 1y agoThey're all on a subscription model, you're spending who-knows-how-much per year on a new sensor every few days/weeks. Afraid it'd feel like a prickleburr stuck to me constantly.
- coolspot 1y agoIt does feel like that for some people (like myself). But it was fun and informative to wear it once for 10 days.
- rstupek 1y agoWhen I used one I didn't notice it was there except when I inadvertently brushed it against something.
- ShakataGaNai 1y agoI'm the ADD type that runs into shit, or at least I clip corners regularly when going through doorways. Normally... I don't even notice. Ripped two CGM's out in the first month. Shit HURTS.
- bookofjoe 1y agoTried both of the popular ones: didn't notice either one ever.
- duskwuff 1y ago> They're all on a subscription model, you're spending who-knows-how-much per year on a new sensor every few days/weeks. Which - to be clear - is because the sensor chemically degrades over time. It's not just rent-seeking; they genuinely don't know how to make one that'll last longer.
- mandeepj 1y agoIt’s been going on for a while - Non-invasive monitoring. Here’s a general link https://www.google.com/search?q=blood+glucose+patent+startup https://www.google.com/search?q=blood+glucose+patent+startup I believe a firm in Uk holds a patent for it and Apple has partnered with them a while ago. https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-takes-key-step-towards-bring-blood-glucose-tracking-to-apple-watch/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/apple-takes-key-step-towards-b...
- SJMG 1y agoVery neat! If they can crack this, I might actually bite and finally buy one.
- crazygringo 1y agoTo be clear, the research has been going on for a while. But extracting an accurate enough signal from noise through the skin is an incredibly complex signal analysis problem. And there are multiple approaches. Nothing has FDA approval yet because it's a major question whether any technology developed thus far is accurate enough. I understand there's at least one clinical trial going on right now. Fingers crossed...
- gf000 1y agoThis is pretty much the holy grail, that would make the first person to crack it crazy rich. So the quick answer is: no, not even close. Also, you would somehow have to measure a very low concentration of soluble chemical in a fluid with always changing composition of a bunch of chemically similar other constituents across relatively wide tissue layers that themselves have a lot of that same chemical.. It's absolutely sci-fi.
- GuinansEyebrows 1y agoi'm not a smartwatch fan for the most part but i'd get one for CGM use if it meant no more knocking my sensors off walking through doors (because i'm apparently incapable of walking without moving like a wacky inflatable tube man) or nasty adhesive residue stuck on my arms.