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I'm in biotech and if I had a dollar for every engineer I've met who dreamed of or worked-at-a-place-that-tried or even tried-in-their-freetime to make a non-in

by momojo 1mo ago

I'm in biotech and if I had a dollar for every engineer I've met who dreamed of or worked-at-a-place-that-tried or even tried-in-their-freetime to make a non-invasive glucometer, I'd have at least enough to buy a coffee, which is a lot. There is an ever-growing bodycount in the NIO-GM graveyard [0], but I too hope that one day, it'll get figured out. My old roommate and good friend was T1 and monitoring one's glucose and remembering not to eat too much/little is half your life. [0] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8655290/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8655290/

Beijinger 1mo ago
That is a very bad article. Most, if not all non-invasive blood glucose projects had no peer reviewed publications. Anyway, this problem, to measure blood glucose non-invasive, is solved now. A product should be on the market very soon. And while I am not involved anymore, I once submitted an SBIR grant application to the NIH with this technology. A specific item that this technology used would be a few hundreds bucks if produced in quantities. I also wrote this in the grant application. The examiner googled this thing, and a top-notch single item for lab measurements was 50 grand. Obviously, too expensive. So the thing I learned: An idiot and Google are a very dangerous combination. Even at the NIH. PS: Neither the start-up, nor their technology is mentioned in the paper. All the mentioned technologies have been tried and are bound to fail in my opinion. At least the examiner gave me a very high score on "innovative".
- momojo 1mo ago
  Did you get the grant? Are you under NDA? What was the innovation?
  - Beijinger 1mo ago
    No. I did not get the grant. And SBIR is a highly rigged system. I am not involved anymore in the project but in another project. But if it interests you, I can point you to the publications and company. Email: a50q40ju@anonaddy.me
tim333 1mo ago
This one isn't non invasive. It requires a small, flexible filament to be inserted just under the skin.

by momojo 1mo ago

Beijinger 1mo ago

That is a very bad article. Most, if not all non-invasive blood glucose projects had no peer reviewed publications. Anyway, this problem, to measure blood glucose non-invasive, is solved now. A product should be on the market very soon. And while I am not involved anymore, I once submitted an SBIR grant application to the NIH with this technology. A specific item that this technology used would be a few hundreds bucks if produced in quantities. I also wrote this in the grant application. The examiner googled this thing, and a top-notch single item for lab measurements was 50 grand. Obviously, too expensive. So the thing I learned: An idiot and Google are a very dangerous combination. Even at the NIH. PS: Neither the start-up, nor their technology is mentioned in the paper. All the mentioned technologies have been tried and are bound to fail in my opinion. At least the examiner gave me a very high score on "innovative".

momojo 1mo ago
Did you get the grant? Are you under NDA? What was the innovation?
- Beijinger 1mo ago
  No. I did not get the grant. And SBIR is a highly rigged system. I am not involved anymore in the project but in another project. But if it interests you, I can point you to the publications and company. Email: a50q40ju@anonaddy.me

tim333 1mo ago

This one isn't non invasive. It requires a small, flexible filament to be inserted just under the skin.