Talos said:
I think what we really need is a constant BS monitor, simler to the abulatory blood pressure type, I dont know if such a thing exists, if not I think we need an inventor to work on it
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Numerous inventors (myself included) have tried to find a way to do this, and quite a lot of money has been invested in R+D on this goal - Alas, at present, there are no practical ways to overcome the technical problems. The major problem is that (with present technology) one needs to take (sample) blood continuously, and this is problematic and potentially hazardous.. The 2nd major problem is that detectors are reagant based - one would need to replace the reagant at each sample, and this is impractical.
The search has been for non-invasive means of determining blood sugar level - R+D into changes in measurable parameters which may be glucose dependent (including using ultrasonics, capacitance,inductance and even local NMR) have been played with, but all have been inefective or impractical.. The best correlation was using an optical system, but even this was so extremely insensitive that it might detect a difference of 30 mmol/L, and even this was unreliable.
Anyone finding a way to non-invasively monitor glucose levels in a complex liquid would be onto a big winner - apart from benefit to diabetics (continuous montoring would allow for tight control, and the instrument could issue advice and alerts - it could also, potentially, be used to control an insulin pump for fully automated diabetes correction) the food industry has been crying out for this product - regulation of sugar levels is a major headache in many food manufacturing processes (jams, tinned fruit,sauces etc).