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Numerous companies have tried and failed to develop a equipment that can measure blood scratch levels without prick the peel for a blood sampling . Even Alphabet had a go at it with physical contact lens for diabetic patient , butabandoned the project in 2018 .
Still , the quest for non - invasive glucose monitoring continues to captivate scientist and investor . A slew of startups and several big companies , admit Apple , are working on various approaches to lick the teaser .
Berlin - base Quantune Technologies may have made some onward motion : Its founders , Dr. Jan Kischkat ( visualize above at the far rightfulness ) and Nikolaus Hahne ( see above , second from powerful ) , said they have succeeded in reducing the sizing of an infrared laser mass spectrometer to a much smaller size . optical maser spectrometers are normally bulky equipment that can value glucose and other molecules non - invasively in interstitial fluid , which nourishes all the cells and is present flop below the skin , Kischkat explained .
The company ’s goal is to embed its technology in a carpus - worn gimmick that can be used by anyone , not just diabetics , since continuous blood glucose monitoring has many applications in sport and weightiness management .
But first , Quantune demand to get two things right : shrink its equipment further and get it to work outside the lab .
“ [ This technology ] works attractively in a science laboratory . In the laboratory , everything is super unchanging . you may stabilize the temperature . you may stabilise the pressure when you advertize your arm against the sensing element , ” Kischkat allege . “ When you ’re going out and take aim this thing jogging , everything vibrates , everything proceed around . You need a static reference point for every measuring . ”
To bolster its R&D , the company just raised € 8.5 million ( $ 9.05 million ) in seed funding from Point72 Ventures ( a house founded by prominent hedge fund director Steven Cohen ) and Munich - free-base Vsquared Ventures .
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The company require this R&D process to take about two years , but given that even deep - pocketed Apple has been hacking away at its non - invading glucose monitoring enquiry for reportedly 12 old age now , Quantune ’s timeline may be challenging .
Kischkat and Hahne tell TechCrunch that the semen funding will also go towards hire extra staff . The company was antecedently awarded € 5 million ( $ 5.3 million ) in public grants awarded by the European Innovation Council ( EIC ) and the Investment Bank of Berlin ( IBB )
Other startups trying to break up the codification on acerate leaf - free blood boodle monitoring include Synex Medical , which in September raised$22 million , andHME Square , which use photoacoustics , a technique that combines the principles of oculus and acoustics to envision biologic tissues ( such as blood ) .
In 2021 , GraphWear kindle a$20.5 million Series Bfor developing engineering that can fit into a watch . The ship’s company has n’t bring home the bacon any public updates on its scientific progress since then .
In late yr , the FDA has approved several continuous glucose monitoring equipment , including the FreeStyle Libre in 2017 . While these machine offer significant welfare , they still require a little , phonograph needle - similar sensor insert under the skin to measure glucose levels .
