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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
It's no surprise that Google is focusing research efforts on diabetes with its glucose eye sensor under development with researchers at the University of Washington.
Diabetes now affects an estimated one of 19 people and is spawning significant research into new methods of treatment. In the past year, about 500 U.S. patents have been issued that list the word diabetes in the abstract. Many are devices that entail use of medical plastics, some in novel ways as shown in the Google contact lens that detects sugar levels through tears. Specific plastics mentioned in the device's patent include polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
Roche Diagnostics Operations (Indianapolis, IN) was awarded a patent last year for a handheld diabetes manager with touch screen display.
http://www.plasticstoday.com/articles/diabetes-growing-focus-medical-device-development0128201401
Diabetes now affects an estimated one of 19 people and is spawning significant research into new methods of treatment. In the past year, about 500 U.S. patents have been issued that list the word diabetes in the abstract. Many are devices that entail use of medical plastics, some in novel ways as shown in the Google contact lens that detects sugar levels through tears. Specific plastics mentioned in the device's patent include polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
Roche Diagnostics Operations (Indianapolis, IN) was awarded a patent last year for a handheld diabetes manager with touch screen display.
http://www.plasticstoday.com/articles/diabetes-growing-focus-medical-device-development0128201401