Wireless sensor monitors blood sugar for diabetic patients
Researchers have built up an implantable sensor that will monitor blood sugar constantly and relays the information without any wires, a milestone in the treatment of diabetes.
According to the reports they have given to the journal Science Translational Medicine, the gadget worked in one pig for more than one year and in another pig for 10 months. There were no reported signs of any problem.
The device helps the diabetes scope move one step closer to developing an artificial pancreas, an apparatus that can restore the normal functions to direct the body on how to handle blood sugar.
The group at the University of California San Diego and nearby exclusively apprehended GlySens Incorporated wrote that the device can also become useful for people who need to check their blood sugar every day such as a person having type 2 diabetes.
Bioengineering professor David Gough, who initiated the study, said in an announcement that the device can work properly and continuously for a year or more, and can monitor glucose level adequately. Gough also added in an interview that they are hoping to begin the first test to humans with the succeeding months. He also claimed that his team is doing these tests for about 31 years.
Medical apparatus manufacturers have been working to create an artificial pancreas to supply insulin to patients having type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disorder in which the body prevents its own ability to manufacture insulin thus, resulting to prevent the breakdown of sugar.
Blood vessels and organs can be eventually injured despite the treatment, which results for patients to lose vision, organ and limbs. According to studies, it is estimated that almost 3 million of Americans are suffering from type 1 diabetes, which can be identified during childhood or in young adults.
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