Apple appointed a chip expert as team leader for the Apple Watch project studying noninvasive blood sugar sensors, and that's exciting.
, Apple reached a “proof-of-concept” stage with the noninvasive blood sugar monitoring hardware earlier this year. But that device is about as big as an iPhone.The way the tech would work is rather straightforward.
Like other Apple Watch sensors, the blood sugar sensor would beam a laser light under the skin. This would let the sensor “read” the sugar concentration in the blood. It’s all easier said than done, and nobody has been able to come up with a noninvasive blood glucose monitoring system, though plenty study the matter. You currently need to use a needle, prick the skin, and then place the actual blood on a sensor that performs the blood sugar reading. This can be a tedious process that might dissuade some people with diabetes from testing their glucose consistently. Also, the invasive method doesn’t offer real-time monitoring. You’d have to wear a device against your skin for that. With all that in mind, appointing a chip expert as the team lead of an Apple Watch health feature makes sense. Apple has to miniaturize the tech it developed for that purported proof of concept product. The resulting Apple Watch would then have to work reliably when it comes to performing glucose readings. This also needs to happen fast and efficiently relative to the Apple Watch’s energy consumption and battery life. Like many, I have people with diabetes in my family. I would get them an Apple Watch with blood glucose sensors the minute it came out. Also, I’d want one for myself to catch the early onset of diabetes if I ever get to that.. Among the features it advertises on the product page is the wearable’s ability to display real-time blood sugar levels. But once you study the matter, you realize the Oppo watch connects to third-party devices offering continuous monitors. It then displays information from those sensors. Apple Watch can already do that.
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