Easy glucose monitoring for Diabetics

Canadian biomedical engineers have designed an electronic skin patch for quick and painless blood glucose testing for diabetics.

We all know that the current method where blood is drawn from fingertips can be painful, inconvenient and time-consuming.

The researchers, who have patented their device called the Electronic Mosquito, said the patch is approximately the size of a deck of cards. It uses four micro-needles that “bite” sequentially at programmed intervals. The needles are electronically controlled to penetrate the skin deep enough to draw blood from a capillary, but not deep enough to hit a nerve. That means patients would experience little or no pain.