Report : Apple Watch per misurare il glucosio

Apple avrebbe un team addetto allo sviluppo di una nuova tecnologia da installare sui prossimi Apple Watch che dovrebbe monitorare il glucosio nel sangue e quindi la presenza o meno del diabete .

The initiative is far enough along that Apple has been conducting feasibility trials at clinical sites across the Bay Area and has hired consultants to help it figure out the regulatory pathways, the people said.

Accurately detecting glucose levels has been such a challenge that one of the top experts in the space, John L. Smith, described it as “the most difficult technical challenge I have encountered in my career.”

To succeed would cost a company “several hundred millions or even a billion dollars,” DexCom executive chairman Terrance Gregg previously told Reuters.

Jobs envisioned wearable devices, like smartwatches, being used to monitor important vitals, such as oxygen levels, heart rate and blood glucose.

Sarebbe molto interessante vedere nei prossimi Apple Watch questa tecnologia molto più medica che smart che potrebbe aiutare molte persone affette da diabete al controllo giornaliero del livello di glucosio nel sangue .