{"id":1067,"date":"2014-01-18T15:42:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-18T04:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=1067"},"modified":"2014-01-18T20:30:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-18T09:30:51","slug":"google-moves-into-diabetes-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=1067","title":{"rendered":"Google moves into diabetes management"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Noninvasive continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are seen as a holy grail for the management of diabetes, and Google claims its prototypes are capable of continuous readings at a rate of once per second<\/li>\n<li>working with the FDA<\/li>\n<li>already completed clinical trials<\/li>\n<li>wonder if they&#8217;re thinking about prevention rather than management?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Orignal Post:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com.au\/2014\/01\/introducing-our-smart-contact-lens.html\">http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com.au\/2014\/01\/introducing-our-smart-contact-lens.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Medgadget Post:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medgadget.com\/2014\/01\/google-announces-eye-opener-glucose-sensing-contact-lenses.html\">http:\/\/www.medgadget.com\/2014\/01\/google-announces-eye-opener-glucose-sensing-contact-lenses.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<h1>Google Announces Eye-Opener: Glucose-Sensing Contact Lenses<\/h1>\n<p>by\u00a0<a title=\"Posts by Ben Ouyang\" href=\"http:\/\/www.medgadget.com\/author\/ben-ouyang\">BEN OUYANG<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Jan 17, 2014\u00a0\u2022\u00a011:57 am<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" title=\"Google Announces Eye Opener: Glucose Sensing Contact Lenses\" alt=\"google contact lens Google Announces Eye Opener: Glucose Sensing Contact Lenses\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.medgadget.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/google-contact-lens.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Were you wondering why\u00a0<strong>Google<\/strong>\u00a0sent members of its mysterious Google X research group\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/technology\/article\/Google-X-staffers-meet-with-FDA-on-devices-5134847.php\">to meet with the FDA<\/a>\u2018s eye department a few days ago? Wait no longer: Google will be entering into the medical device foray with a stunner. \u00a0It announced its plans for a new contact lens on its blog yesterday. \u00a0However, this won\u2019t be a more compact Google Glass \u2013 the advanced wearable is a medical device aimed at the management of diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>Google is preparing the contact lens to measure glucose levels from the wearer\u2019s tears and to beam the data wirelessly to a receiver (presumably a smart phone). \u00a0Noninvasive continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are seen as a holy grail for the management of diabetes, and Google claims its prototypes are capable of continuous readings at a rate of once per second, with less hassle and pain than current CGMs which are bulky and require needle sticks about once a week. \u00a0Furthermore, Google plans on integrating tiny LEDs as instantaneous early warning systems for the user if the glucose level is out of range. \u00a0The company is working with the FDA on this device, and has said that they will collaborate with experts that can bring the contact lens and its corresponding app to market for both patients and doctors to better manage diabetes together. \u00a0They have already done multiple clinical trials.<\/p>\n<p>Research into this technology has been explored for over a decade now, and Google may finally have the power to bring it to market. \u00a0Diabetics \u2013 would you try these contacts? \u00a0Let us know what you think in the comments!<\/p>\n<p>Google:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com\/2014\/01\/introducing-our-smart-contact-lens.html\">Introducing our smart contact lens project<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flashbacks:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medgadget.com\/2011\/03\/new_blood_glucose_test_sensor_uses_tear_fluid.html\">New Blood Glucose Test Sensor Uses Tear Fluid\u2026<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medgadget.com\/2009\/09\/electronic_contact_lenses_promise_future_of_advanced_augmented_vision_1.html\">Electronic Contact Lenses Promise Future of Advanced Augmented Vision\u2026<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medgadget.com\/2008\/06\/intraocular_glucose_monitoring_may_yet_be_possible.html\">Intra-Ocular Glucose Monitoring May Yet be Possible\u2026<\/a>;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medgadget.com\/2006\/01\/oculir_glucose.html\">Oculir Glucose Measurement: The Eyes Have It\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Noninvasive continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are seen as a holy grail for the management of diabetes, and Google claims its prototypes are capable of continuous readings at a rate of once per second working with the FDA already completed clinical trials wonder if they&#8217;re thinking about prevention rather than management? Orignal Post:\u00a0http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com.au\/2014\/01\/introducing-our-smart-contact-lens.html Medgadget Post:\u00a0http:\/\/www.medgadget.com\/2014\/01\/google-announces-eye-opener-glucose-sensing-contact-lenses.html Google &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/?p=1067\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google moves into diabetes management<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quantified-self","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1067"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1067\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.panicola.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}