Connected watches and smart bracelets offer a great experience for taking care of your health, but they have their limits. This is the notice given by the FDA in the United States to indicate that smart devices that claim to check blood sugar levels without piercing the skin can lead to errors in diabetes management.
Apple is one of the companies that would develop a version of the Apple Watch capable of measuring blood sugar with a non-invasive method, although this version would be a few years away. The American company investigated a optical absorption spectroscopy using a laser to shine a light on the skin to determine the sugar level.
For now, that the research work remains there and it is not expected that it will move on to developing a version of its Apple Watch, but to this type of extent it is not alone in a market in which it seeks to innovate in any way with implementing experiences that help user health.
The problem is, as the United States Food and Drug Administration states, that measure blood sugar without piercing the skin
There FDA warns of low-cost watches and rings who claim to be able to perform this measurement with a non-invasive method or without integration with a CGM device (continuous glucose monitor). In other words, patients should avoid using these devices for this measurement at all costs.
He communicated, according to Mac rumorsfrom their website which strives to ensure that manufacturers, distributors and points of sale do not sell rings and watches unauthorized intelligence. If Apple or Samsung sold a device with this type of measurement, it would need to be approved by the FDA, especially if a non-invasive method is used.
About the Galaxy Ring, the smart ring presented by Samsung at Galaxy Unpacked in January, will focus on health monitoring, but nothing is known about its possible ability to measure blood sugar. It would be necessary to go until 2021 to find a development from the Korean company for this type of measurement, but since that date no new progress has been made by Samsung.
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