Diabetes is an old syndrome dating back to the dawn of man, often considered a formidable bug that must be reckoned with. This is a deadly disease snatches the lives of millions of individuals irrespective of status, age or culture. Nobody is an exception here. Scientists have worked for several years to come up with the near perfect remedy to combat this deadly disease. Until then, people infected with this disease have gotten used to continuously pricking their fingers to monitor their glucose level, and injecting themselves with insulin.
Today comes a smart diabetes-related invention known as the GlucoReader, thanks to technology and to the brilliant ideas of four engineering enthusiasts. Historically, everyone on the development team has close contact with significant loved ones and friends who suffer from diabetes. This became their source of inspiration, and is why they came up with this kind of clever idea.
Drawing Blood is No Pain
GlucoReader is a gizmo that constantly monitors blood sugar intensity inside the person's body. This new technology uses less painful microneedles to suck blood. It's a very cost effective innovation since it pushes patients away from the classic finger-sticking, painful means of delivering medications and the expense of a costly monitoring apparatus. The funny thing about this device is that a Bluetooth will be implanted inside the device to send digital information to immediate family members and attending physicians via Android smartphones, iPhones and other Web-based technologies, effectively replacing all the wires some patients must constantly wear.
According to Mr. Brian Chan of MobiLIFE, they are already trying to engineer this device as a somewhat portable patch where a patient can easily wear one during the daytime and remove it at night. MobiLIFE promises this will get rid of the traditional pain associated with diabetes treatment so patients can thrive more comfortably, while also receiving more accurate readings, and thus more accurate medication dispensation.
The GlucoReader is need only be worn by type 2 patients after meals, since their bodies produce insufficient insulin. On the other hand, Type 1 patients who don't produce insulin at all, are advised to wear the devise constantly so it can monitor them throughout the day in order to accurately coordinate with the insulin-delivery mechanism.
The Price is Right
Diabetics under type 1 entail a constant monitoring where accuracy is an issue, which translated into expense, since insurance companies are reluctant to cover previously introduced monitoring devices due to their inaccuracy, making such devices cost from $1,000 to $3000. Founders of MobiLIFE guesstimate that the price of their device will be trimmed down to as low as $600 to $500 once the GlucoReader proves that it can show accurate results in order to gain coverage by insurance companies.
The MobiLIFE continues improving the design of the GlucoReader in order to improve the perfect microneedle size and shape and at the same time find means to lessen the power used from the Bluetooth device installed in the patch, as well as various other engineering challenges, in order to lessen the cost of the final device.
As of now, Chan is continuously searching for benevolent angel investors for his startup, and is seeking government grants to help his company bring this ingenuity to realization, so it can revolutionize the medical industry and benefit of the consumers. Don't look for this in stores or pharmacies just yet, though. The product is just moving from testing on blood, to testing on animals, so it could be a year or two before we see it. But it's a welcome relief for diabetes sufferers to know that a more pain-free, accurate solution is on its way.
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