Beyond measuring the pulse, sleep or calories consumed.The development of health wearables, and specifically those linked to diabetes, still knows no borders.Recently, The Verge unveiled an interesting patent by Google in 2014.
It is a wearable, shaped like smartwatch, which would measure the blood sugar level without needles.An innovation that would benefit the more than 380 million diabetics in the world (5.8 million in Spain) according to the World Health Organization.
Google patents in wearables for diabetics
How would this wearable work?The patent by Google describes a blood extraction system that, instead of needles, uses pressure gas with microparticles that pierce the skin.Once the blood is released, the device, in the shape of a bracelet, aspires to analysis.In this way, diabetics and people with phobia to the needles, would find an alternative for the control of their sugar levels.
Although remarkable, this is not the first Google patent relative to wearables for diabetics.Just a few months ago, we knew a contact lens project equipped with wireless connectivity and a sensor that would analyze the glucose level through the bearer tears.Summarized, these lenses would be formed by two layers and, among them, the necessary components would be protected.
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These Google patents, pending approval by the FDA, would represent a non -invasive alternative to needle extraction and, therefore, an advance in the quality of life of people with diabetes.Because, among other advantages, the analysis performed could be linked to an application for the smartphone where the user could access the historical and, at the same time, share it with their doctor.
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Google, asked by The Verge about the last patent, did not confirm anything about it.However, the nearly 30 million patients with diabetes in the United States and their research efforts seem to reveal a real interest in making these wearables for diabetics come true.