Digital Tattoo: how without injections measure blood glucose levels
Engineers at the University of California at San Diego have developed a unique and innovative technology that allows without injections to determine the level of glucose in the blood. It is sufficient to use a small sticker - "digital tattoo", provides results within 10 minutes.
Despite the development of technologies, including medical and, to date, medical Glucose forced to take blood from a patient for analysis using a special syringe or needle. However, in the next few years this practice could be phased out, as has already developed a technology that allows you to know the result without injections.
California engineers specializing in nanotechnology have created a device called Temporary Tattoo (Temporary tattoo) - a small transparent and flexible sticker that can be attached to the free portion of the human skin. This device will stimulate a surface with a very soft and totally imperceptible electric current for ten minutes. Temporary Tattoo operates on the principle of reverse iontoforicheskoy extraction that allows you to quickly and accurately enough to determine the level of glucose in the blood.
However, at the moment "digital tattoo» Temporary Tattoo does not have a built-in interface for reading and information transfer - to decrypt the data you need to connect the device to a special apparatus. However, in the future, the creators of this patch are going to equip it with Bluetooth-transmitter. This allows the patient by sending the data smartphone glucose level in his blood directly physician. And a person can carry out measurements at home or at work, without resorting to the services of the hospital laboratory.
Engineers at the University of California at San Diego have developed a unique and innovative technology that allows without injections to determine the level of glucose in the blood. It is sufficient to use a small sticker - "digital tattoo", provides results within 10 minutes.
Despite the development of technologies, including medical and, to date, medical Glucose forced to take blood from a patient for analysis using a special syringe or needle. However, in the next few years this practice could be phased out, as has already developed a technology that allows you to know the result without injections.
California engineers specializing in nanotechnology have created a device called Temporary Tattoo (Temporary tattoo) - a small transparent and flexible sticker that can be attached to the free portion of the human skin. This device will stimulate a surface with a very soft and totally imperceptible electric current for ten minutes. Temporary Tattoo operates on the principle of reverse iontoforicheskoy extraction that allows you to quickly and accurately enough to determine the level of glucose in the blood.
However, at the moment "digital tattoo» Temporary Tattoo does not have a built-in interface for reading and information transfer - to decrypt the data you need to connect the device to a special apparatus. However, in the future, the creators of this patch are going to equip it with Bluetooth-transmitter. This allows the patient by sending the data smartphone glucose level in his blood directly physician. And a person can carry out measurements at home or at work, without resorting to the services of the hospital laboratory.
