A project dating to the Jobs era could become a reality as Apple has been working on a noninvasive and continuous blood glucose monitor.
Published Feb 22nd, 2023 12:52PM ESTA project dating back to the Steve Jobs era could become a reality as Apple has been working on noninvasive and continuous blood glucose monitoring. The story, broken by, details how the company has worked for over 12 years to develop this technology and upend a multibillion-dollar industry.
The goal of this secret endeavor — dubbed E5 — is to measure how much glucose is in someone’s body without needing to prick the skin for blood. After hitting major milestones recently, the company now believes it could eventually bring glucose monitoring to market, according to people familiar with the effort.
Although there are still “years of work ahead,” Apple has been using a chip technology known as silicon photonics and optical absorption spectroscopy to develop this blood glucose monitor. Gurman says the system uses “lasers to emit specific wavelengths of light into an area below the skin where there is interstitial fluid that can be absorbed by glucose. The light is then reflected to the sensor in a way that indicates the concentration of glucose.
Bloomberg reports that Apple has been testing this glucose technology on “hundreds of people” over the past decade, and its goal now is to develop a prototype device about the size of an iPhone that can be strapped to a person’s bicep. People familiar with the matter said this system is now considered to be at a “proof-of-concept stage.”
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