FDA Warns Consumers Not to Use Smart Watches or Rings That Claim to Measure Blood Glucose Levels

Wednesday February 21, 2024 12:44 pm PST by Juli Clover The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not want consumers to purchase or use smart watches or smart rings that claim to measure blood glucose levels using non-invasive methods. In a safety warning shared today, the FDA says that smart devices that claim […]

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Samsung Racing to Beat Apple to Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring Technology

Samsung is striving to beat Apple to launch non-invasive blood glucose monitoring technology, as well as continuous blood pressure tracking features, Bloomberg reports. The efforts are part of the company’s wider push to offer more health capabilities, embodied by the recent announcement of the Galaxy Ring, which touts activity and sleep tracking, with more health […]

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Samsung espère commercialiser son capteur de glucose non-invasif d’ici 5 ans

Samsung a mis le paquet sur la santé lors de son récent évènement Unpacked, et l’entreprise ne compte pas s’arrêter en si bon chemin. À l’occasion d’une interview relayée par Bloomberg, un représentant a confirmé travailler sur un capteur de glucose. Obtenir une telle mesure sans effectuer de piqûre serait un grand pas en avant […]

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The Best Continuous Glucose Monitors

Ease of administration: All four CGMs were easily affixed to the back of my arm using a plunger device held against the skin. (I must admit that I’m not sure I could have done this on my own, at least the first few times. I engaged the help of my mechanical-engineering husband, who found administration […]

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Tim Millet superviserait la création d’un capteur de glucose pour les Apple Watch

L’un des principaux responsables des nouvelles plateformes et architectures d’Apple va superviser la création du capteur de glucose destiné aux Apple Watch. Tim Millet, qui porte le titre de Vice President Platform Architecture chez Apple, va superviser le développement du capteur de glucose afin de le faire, peut-être rentrer un jour dans le boitier d’une Apple Watch. […]

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Apple Watch Blood Glucose Team Gains New Lead

Thursday September 14, 2023 12:29 pm PDT by Juli Clover Apple has done some internal shuffling and appointed Tim Millet, vice president of platform architecture, to lead the team that is working on blood glucose monitoring functionality for the Apple Watch. According to Bloomberg, Millet is now in charge of the Exploratory Design Group or […]

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Nutrisense review: We trial the glucose tracking service

If you’re looking for deeper insights than your average smartwatch can offer, Nutrisense is looking for your business. Part of a growing trend of “biowearables”, Nutrisense is a health platform built on top of a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), which can look at how your body responds to food intake. Historically only of interest to […]

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I wore a CGM for 2 weeks – this is what I learned about wearable glucose tracking

One of the huge innovations set to change the wearables landscape is blood glucose tracking, which is being worked on by pretty much ever wearables company going. While some years from arriving on our smartwatches, Apple is rumored to be working on glucose tracking, and we’ve reported on a host of other projects, all trying […]

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Glucowear : un capteur de glucose non invasif à accrocher au bracelet de sa montre

Aux dernières nouvelles, il faudra attendre de 3 à 7 ans avant que sorte une Apple Watch équipée d’un capteur de glucose non invasif. Le constructeur serait tout proche d’avoir finalisé la conception d’un tel capteur, qui serait aussi gros qu’un iPhone actuellement. Il y a maintenant un très gros travail de miniaturisation (il faut que […]

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Afon takes on Apple in the race to a non-invasive glucose tracker

Afon, the UK-based company that’s leading the charge for a non-invasive wrist-based glucose tracker, has announced it’s close to commercializing its wearable device, after successful clinical trials. The company has been conducting trials in Germany, and says that its device has been proven capable of tracking glucose levels non-invasively, and passed a big hurdle on […]

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January AI CEO talks future wearable metrics and AI glucose tracking

While the wearables industry grapples with next-generation glucose, blood pressure, and ketone sensors, AI may enable us to get medical-grade insights without the need to wear anything. Today, we predict glucose. Tomorrow we can predict any biomarker like lactate, ketone, cortisol and so on That’s the promise of January AI, which uses natural language processing […]

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Entre 3 et 7 ans d’attente pour le capteur de glucose sur l’Apple Watch

Ce n’est pas demain la veille que l’on pourra surveiller son diabète à l’aide d’une Apple Watch. Selon le généralement bien renseigné Mark Gurman, il faudra attendre « entre 3 et 7 ans » avant de pouvoir mettre à son poignet une Apple Watch embarquant un capteur de glucose non invasif. Dans son infolettre hebdomadaire, […]

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Apple Watch Blood Glucose Monitoring Likely Still ‘Three to Seven Years’ Away

Blood glucose monitoring technology designed for the Apple Watch is unlikely to launch for several years, Bloomberg reporter Mark Gurman believes. In February, Gurman reported that Apple has made major progress with its noninvasive blood glucose monitoring technology, allowing diabetics and others to test their blood glucose levels without needing to prick the skin for […]

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Apple’s Health VP Talks Glucose Monitoring on Apple Watch Amid Rumors of Noninvasive Tracking Breakthrough

Apple’s vice president of health Sumbul Desai today spoke with Indian publication Businessline, where she talked about Apple’s health initiatives and gave a tiny bit of insight into Apple’s thoughts on glucose monitoring for the Apple Watch. When asked if Apple would bring blood sugar tracking sensors to the Apple Watch, Desai said that these […]

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Apple aurait quasiment finalisé le développement d’un capteur de glucose non-invasif

C’est le Graal pour tous les constructeurs de montres connectées : mesurer le glucose dans le sang de manière non-invasive, c’est à dire sans piquer la peau. Apple y travaille depuis des années et selon Bloomberg, le constructeur serait tout proche d’atteindre ce but ! Le UBand KnowU est un bracelet de mesure non invasive du […]

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Apple’s Noninvasive Blood Glucose Technology for Future Apple Watch Reaches ‘Proof-of Concept’ Stage

Apple has made notable progress on noninvasive blood glucose monitoring technology, according to a new report from Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman. Planned as a future Apple Watch feature, Apple wants to use the function to allow diabetics and others to test their blood glucose levels without needing to prick the skin for blood testing. To test […]

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​PKvitality sets 2024 target for glucose monitoring K’Watch

French health tech company PKvitality has its eyes on a 2024 launch for its glucose tracking watch. That’s according to a new press release from the company, which reveals success in clinical trials of its wrist-worn continuous glucose monitor. In its third round of human trials, PKvitality’s K’Watch achieved a 16% margin for error (MARD) […]

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Movano CEO on its RF glucose sensor – and building a true wearable for women

The Movano Ring is one of our most hotly anticipated wearables – but the company is working on a lot more than just a smart ring. While the first version of its female-focused smart ring is due to land in 2022, the company is also working on a new RF chip, which it says could […]

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Rockley Photonics glucose sensor could be in smartwatches by 2023

Your smartwatch is set to get some pretty major new health monitoring features in 2023, and we have Rockley Photonics to thank. According to its CEO, Andrew Rickman, Rockley is working closely with six of the top ten consumer device companies to put its infrared (IR) spectrophotometer-based technology into wearables. Rickman unsurprisingly doesn’t tell us […]

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