NOVIOSENSE....THE DEVICE THAT CAN BE KEPT IN THE EYES TO MONITOR SUGAR LEVELS

IEEE spectrum has discovered a recent study that seems promising for the Dutch startup Noviosense’s own wearable glucose monitor that measures tears by sitting in one’s lower eyelid. The result was close to 95% accuracy to the levels of glucose as recorded in blood.Therefore, the newly developed glucose monitor

can be placed in the lower eyelid to measure glucose level in tears. It works by tapping into basal tears or a continuous stream of tears that do not require stimulation. The spring coil can rest in the eyelid for long periods and will not be displaced even if users’ rub their eyes. Though the innovation seems to be

another milestone in the management of diabetes which presently is painful, inconvenient or sometimes tedious but the study had a drawback. The sample size consisted of only six people. Noviosense will need to conduct more tests to further prove the device’s validity and reliability.

SOURCE: timesofindia. indiatimes.com