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University of Illinois engineers are bringing a touch of color to glucose monitoring.
The researchers developed a new continuous glucose monitoring material that changes color as glucose levels fluctuate, and the wavelength shift is so precise that doctors and patients may be able to use it for automatic insulin dosing – something now possible using current point measurements like test strips.
“There are significant limitations to current continuous glucose monitoring technologies,” said study leader Paul Braun, a professor of materials science and engineering at Illinois. “The systems available today all have some combination of limited sensitivity, limited precision and frequent recalibration. Using today’s systems, you can determine trends in glucose levels, but without frequent recalibration, you don’t have the accuracy or reliability to use that to make insulin dosing decisions or to drive autonomous dosing.”
http://engineeringatil.scienceblog....fferent-color-provides-continuous-monitoring/
Excellent! 🙂
The researchers developed a new continuous glucose monitoring material that changes color as glucose levels fluctuate, and the wavelength shift is so precise that doctors and patients may be able to use it for automatic insulin dosing – something now possible using current point measurements like test strips.
“There are significant limitations to current continuous glucose monitoring technologies,” said study leader Paul Braun, a professor of materials science and engineering at Illinois. “The systems available today all have some combination of limited sensitivity, limited precision and frequent recalibration. Using today’s systems, you can determine trends in glucose levels, but without frequent recalibration, you don’t have the accuracy or reliability to use that to make insulin dosing decisions or to drive autonomous dosing.”
http://engineeringatil.scienceblog....fferent-color-provides-continuous-monitoring/
Excellent! 🙂
