Apple would advance on the famous blood glucose sensor which could, one day, integrate its Apple Watch.
This kind of technology would take place alongside the other health features of the Apple Watch connected watch, like its oximeter. And his arrival no longer seems to be a fantasy.
The monitor at the penultimate stage?
It’s a bit like the Arlesian of the Apple Watch. While in recent years we have seen the smart watch integrate more and more options related to monitoring the state of the body, the rumors concerning the appearance of a potential glucometer have never died out. A solution of a particularly high complexity to develop, and this, because it does not involve puncturing the wearer’s skin.
Still, Apple rose to the challenge. And the apple brand would advance at lightning speed on the file according to information from Bloomberg. The American media explains that this blood glucose sensor could already work, and that the problem now lies in its miniaturization. Indeed, Apple is currently working on integrating it into a device the size of an iPhone.
Patience
The system is all the more interesting as it would allow not only the follow-up of the level of glucose in the blood, but also to alert the people who would be prediabetic. According to figures from the French Federation of Diabetics, 537 million people in the world currently suffer from this pathology, a figure which should increase to 643 million by 2030 and 783 million by 2045. Suffice to say that a sizeable market could open up to the Apple brand.
The Cupertino company is working as discreetly as possible on this sensor, in an entity that it has deliberately isolated, called Avonte Health. But if the progress is clearly there, Bloomberg also explains that a product able to be marketed should not appear on the market for several years. But when we know that the Apple Watch 8 can now provide information on ovulation periods, we can dream and hope to see one day the launch of such technology, which is particularly useful for people with diabetes.
Source : French Federation of Diabetics, Engadget
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