Apple Rumors Roam about Developing a Needle-Free Glucose Monitor
From: Medical Design Technology - 06/22/2017
By: Lexie Metzler

Rumor has it that Apple is researching how to make a wearable device that
continuously monitors glucose levels without the need to prick a finger.

Not only has it never been done before, but measuring blood glucose levels is
a challenge in itself. People with diabetes also have to track their food
intake. If Apple is able to create such a device, it would be one less thing
for diabetics to worry about.

In the early 2000s, the US Food and Drug Administration approved GlucoWatch,
which "used a low electrical current to draw glucose right out of the body,
where it was measured by sensors on the back of a tight-fitting watch,"
Becker wrote. Unfortunately, the watch caused 80 percent of users to get a
rash and took at least three hours to start up before the device could take a
measurement.

It seems as if creating a device that works quickly, is comfortable,
easy-to-use, and accurate will be the major hurdles in creating a needle-free
device.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.mdtmag.com/blog/2017/06/apple-rumors-roam-about-developing-needle-free-glucose-monitor

Links:
Apple's needleless blood sugar tracker has an uphill battle in front of it
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/25/15685148/apple-watch-glucose-tracker-blood-sugar-monitoring-diabetes

Diabetes System Continuously Checks Glucose without a Finger Prick
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2017/04/diabetes-system-continuously-checks-glucose-without-finger-prick

Injection Device Does Not Include a Needle
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/12/injection-device-does-not-include-needle

FDA OKs Diabetes Device that May Replace Fingerstick Tests
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2016/12/fda-oks-diabetes-device-may-replace-fingerstick-tests