A Prickless Device That Measures Blood Sugar
May 13, 2007 by Kendra James, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
A team of Hong Kong scientists have come up with a nifty little device. A machine that can test your blood sugar without actually pricking your finger. Yee ha! A painless sugar check.
This beautiful little device is about the size of a cell phone and uses infrared beams to penetrate the skin and read the blood sugar.
Out of the many components in the blood, the beam is able to identify bits of glucose through the frequency, or wavelengths, they transmit and the amount of blood sugar present would be displayed on the instrument in 10 seconds.
It blows my mind. Now I will agree, 85% is not dead on, but I think they are headed in the right direction. How long do you think it will be before we have access to a gizmo like this?
Is the device already in the market?
Or does one has to wait and how long?
Ifavailable in the market please give contact details.
@Mohan: No it is not available yet. I will keep you posted if any new news is released about the product.
Please notify me of any updates on the prickless device.
Please let me know when this is available.. I would like to know..
Let me know when it becomes available.
Please let me know when this device becomes commercially available, preferably in USA.
What I hate most about managing diabetes is not the once or twice daily insulin injections, but the pricks to test the blood twice a day. My wife thinks I should try to test even more frequently! I told her, “You prick your fingers all the time and see how you like it.! My oldest son recently saw an infomercial on TV concerning prickless glucose testing but neglected to write down the 411 for it. Lets get some painless testing available in our high tech society!!
I have scleroderma and recently hypoglycemia. I heard there was one available without finger pricks and it talks to you when telling you the results. Any info on availability would be appreciated as the scarring from scleroderma is causing problems with the prick skin type. thank you
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I have seen add on CNN about prick less meter. Any comments on it
plz let me know if prick less meter is available for purchase, thx
please let me know when this device becomes availble. thx
How can I get one of these machines? Is this the only glucose monitor like this? My husband said he saw an ad on this but didn’t get the website. I have been a Juvenile Diabetic since 1973.