Another NEW non finger prick BG testing meter....

I don't really understand this one....

 

Read all about it and it seems you have to pinch the skin to get a reading. I must say I don't fully understand how it works but it looks less hassle than the finger pricking. I've just emailed them about timing, cost etc.

 

Yes I've read it, but my engineers brain can't compute how the pinch can do it! Will be following the progression though for sure

 

We'd still have to remember to do it though, and we wouldn't get a complete 24-hour picture of what's going on every 20 minutes.

Better than finger-sticking, but not as good as a CGM.

Says available late 2016.

 

I think there's a couple of devices being developed using this type of technology but I don't think any are available as yet. Guess it's something to look forward to in two to three years.

 

I can understand how that would work, using a pinch - assuming that some kind of light is involved?

 

There's also this one... http://www.integrity-app.com/

and this one.... http://www.groveinstruments.com/index.html

 

I recall seeing some research about using high frequency RF to measure blood glucose. I think this is meant to work on some kind of RF interferometry or some such thing. Nice to see it finally being developed and I suspect it will certainly be a lot more accurate than some of the light based systems since those could give readings all over the place due to changes in skin colour etc.

Will wait and see with this one I think, still nice to see something new

 

It will be more accurate as it measures capillary levels as opposed to interstitial fluid that the Abbott monitor measures.

Not too sure how safe the Radio-waves will be over the long-term, then I suppose we are exposed to these everyday form mobile phones and such like, hope (like the Flash Monitor) it does becomes available on the NHS.

 

... I thought exactly the same thing about the radio waves noblehead... I guess it would be good to know how those frequencies compare to other day-to-day stuff...


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I don't see this being any more harmful than having a mobile phone in your pocket or a Bluetooth headset stuck to your ear.
Ignoring of course those that swear blind that mobile phones cause cancer.

 

Interesting.

 

It appears very much similar to the pulsoximeter clipped in fingers... There infrared rays passing through the finger measures pulse! Here radiofrequency measures capillary glucose!!! Technology makes control easier & management better. Really excited about the day the fingerpricks come to an end

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s, saw this one a while ago, I was waiting for it to coem on the market, would be ideal in my line of work, avoiding needing to prick my fingers in mucky, horrid surroundings

 

I think it uses IR, there have been a few other attempts at it, including implanted sensors similar to CGM

 

Maybe if all T1's emailed these people/companies they'd get an idea of how desperate we are not having to do constant finger pricking. We're all looking for a panacea but this would be an enormous step forward too.