Hygieia's glucose monitoring system would allow diabetics to adjust the amount of glucose they inject without visiting a doctor. The device provides dose-by-dose insulin recommendations based on their body chemistry as well as a blood sample. The product is called the Diabetes Insulin Guidance System, but is often described as a GPS for diabetes, adjusting someone's diabetes goals the way a GPS guides drivers on the road.
A small Columbus, Ohio, company is hoping to develop a blood glucose monitor for diabetics who are sick of pricking their skin to check their sugar levels. DIRAmed LLC is one of several companies looking to cash in on what's certain to be an exploding market for products and services that help people better treat and manage diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Diabetics have a problem, and a Columbus, Ohio-area startup thinks its technology has what it takes to solve it. GlucoMetrics is hoping to commercialize a portable blood glucose meter that has an error rate below 1 percent.
Ohio State University doctoral student Louis Nemzer wanted to do something to make the lives of diabetic patients a little easier. So he recruited Art Epstein, a physics professor and director of the Center for Materials Reserch, to develop a continuous blood glucose meter that doesn't require pricking the skin to do its job.