[Acb-diabetics] non-invasive means of checking blood sugar

[Patricia LaFrance-Wolf]

Wonder if will be made for accessiblility?

 

 

This article originally posted 20 October, 2009 and appeared in  

Issue 491

Glucose Levels May Be Measured Painlessly with Light in the Eye 

 

As with all the other companies promising a non-invasive glucose monitor,
this technology has little chance for success, except for rabbits.

 

In pre-clinical trial Freedom Meditech technology successfully tested a new
non-invasive technology designed to painlessly measure glucose levels in the

human eye which shows promise of one day replacing the finger-stick blood
test.

 

The study, involving rabbits, showed that the eye-scanning technology
produced non-invasive, in-vivo glucose measurements that tracked blood
glucose readings

with only a five minute delay. In addition, through a calibration and
validation analysis, the mean absolute percent error for glucose prediction
was below

13%, as compared to an estimated 32% error commonly derived from the finger
stick blood test. The results of the study were presented at the Biomedical

Engineering Society`s 2009 Annual Fall Scientific Meeting. The study was
conducted by Anthony J. Webb, Rui Zheng, and Brent D. Cameron of the
Department

of Bioengineering at the University of Toledo, OH.

 

"We are very encouraged by the results of this early-stage study and plan to
move forward with additional animal studies and present the results to the

U.S.Food and Drug Administration, in anticipation of human clinical
studies," said Craig Misrach, President and CEO of Freedom Meditech. "We
believe that

the human eye represents an ideal point of access for the monitoring of
bodily glucose without the interferences commonly present in other
non-invasive

glucose measurement approaches.

 

Freedom Meditech, Inc. is a developmental stage medical device company
focused on the commercialization of novel technologies for the management of
diabetes.

The company is currently developing a patented, non-invasive ocular glucose
measurement device that could provide an alternative to the finger prick
method

of diabetes blood sugar measurement and monitoring. The consumer-ready
product is planned to operate like binoculars with light being shined on one
eye

for less than a second and having a digital glucose reading displayed on the
device. The company is also pursuing the commercialization of a non-invasive

ophthalmic diabetes screening device for use by eyecare professionals.

 

Press Release: Freedom Meditech

 

Positive Results for a New First in Class Diabetes Drug

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