In novel study researches have developed a wireless an implantable sensor that could gauge your blood sugar constantly and broadcasts the reports. This potted apparatus has a pair of censors and it could be implanted into individual’s chest. One sensor of the apparatus notices oxygen while other examines the reaction of glucose and oxygen.
Researchers have tested the wireless sensor on pig with diabetes for more than one year and another for more than ten moths without the problem reported the journal Science Translational Medicine. People with type 1 and Type 2 diabetes could use the long term glucose censors. It could also regulate the insulin dose and timing of the injection.
This would decrease the risk of taking too much of insulin and becoming hypoglycemic, that can be instantly life threatening. The long-term glucose sensors could also be used by people suffering from Type 2 diabetes to help them regulate their diet and exercise timetable. Several patients of Type 2 diabetes take insulin and at the same time have hypoglycemia fears.
The eventual goal of glucose sensor is to circumference the perilous ups and downs of blood glucose levels called glucose excursions. If glucose excursions happens time and again ,they can lead to long term health issues linked with diabetes that include heart attack and blindness.
You can run the apparatus for one year with continually working and recording glucose quiet satisfactorily. The implant is about 1.5 inches in diameter and half inch thick and they hope to make it smaller. Soon glucose monitor could send signals on your mobiles, said Lead author Professor David Gough from the UC San Diego.