Technology has come to stay and revolutionize every aspect of our life.The combination between technological advances and medicine seems to be the perfect marriage, and an alliance that has given rise to projects that in the past would have even been impossible to imagine, how smart contact lenses capable of controlling diabetes, for example.
A group of researchers from South Korea have developed an innovative invention with an integrated LED that will control glucose levels from tears in the eye.The new device, developed by Professor Jang -ung Park and Professor Franklin well of the Unist, seeks to open the door a fascinating and painless alternative, which-literally-can measure sugar levels in the blink of an eye.
The invention works as a monitor that is embedded in a soft contact lens, which measures glucose levels in tears and transmits that information wirelessly to a portable device.Thus, it is not even necessary to cry to launch the analysis.
At this point it is necessary to keep in mind that for patients with diabetes to review and control blood sugar levels it becomes a daily compliance routine.However, the current methods used to carry this control do not turn out to be the most suitable to include this habit in the patient's daily life.And it is precisely this premise that South Korean experts have taken to develop their proposal.
At the moment, the novel project has only been tested in live rabbits, and the results have been positive: no sign of discomfort.However, responsible researchers do not rule out that this contact sensor lens could be commercially available for people in less than five years.The future is definitely today and the traditional way of doing medicine is a thing of the past.