January 27, 2012

A week ago, researchers from the American University reported the development of innovation - means for determining blood sugar   not in blood As is usually done, and in saliva.

New bloodless method of monitoring will greatly facilitate the lives of patients diabetes Since they are forced to constantly make punctures fingers to obtain a drop of blood to determine the blood sugar level using meter . Morbidity and invasiveness of the procedure prompted scientists to develop a new generation of devices that are bloodless, that is, without having to damage the skin can determine the concentration of glucose.

I have already attempted to create a similar device. It looked at a watch which measured blood sugar with weak electroimpulses also been attempts to use Implants , Implanted under the skin and transmit a signal to a remote special device. But these devices have many drawbacks, and therefore not widely available. Therefore, the development of a device for bloodless analysis continued.

Last device - a compact biochip, which is represented by the size of a human fingernail. It is a device able to detect even very low concentrations biological agents in water. As the project manager Domenico Patsifichi, the biochip can identify the remains of the particles whose size is one-tenth of the diameter of a human hair. So how saliva   It is one of the most accessible body fluids, developers, and it is taken as a basis for determining the level of sugar.

"The device is aimed at the identification of various substances, which is why it is considered from the point of view of screening large numbers biomarkers "- Also told Patsifichi.

It is too early to talk about how the new device will be practical in the case. However, it has some serious advantages that can evaluate both children and adults with diabetes mellitus: the use of saliva, compact size, maintaining the integrity of the skin and painless.