Droid Sensors, Mobile Sensors » glucode wireless sensor http://droidsensors.com Mobile Sensors, Droid Sensors Tue, 21 Sep 2010 19:32:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 An Implantable Glucose Sensor Could Help Diabetics Stay Healthy http://droidsensors.com/2010/03/an-implantable-glucose-sensor-could-help-diabetics-stay-healthy/ http://droidsensors.com/2010/03/an-implantable-glucose-sensor-could-help-diabetics-stay-healthy/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:17:21 +0000 admin http://droidsensors.com/?p=286 glukosesensor

It is a rice grain-sized solar powered implantable sensor, which hides underneath the skin for about a year at a stretch and measures the blood glucose levels consistently all the while.

The sensor send data to a variety of portable electronic devices such as cellphones and PDAs, alerting the patient each time the blood sugar levels go high. Clinical trials of the device are expected to being in two years, while the sensor could go on sale by 2017.

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