A report from a Korean component vendor claims that this year's upcoming Apple Watch Series 7s will feature an optical sensor to measure blood glucose level. Take it now.
It would certainly be a very important help, considering the number of "known" diabetics and those who have not yet been diagnosed that run around the world. One more advance to help us control our health. If the rumor is true, I already have the excuse to upgrade my Series 5.
The Korean News Agency ET News just published a report explaining that the next Apple Watch Series 7 This year's together with the future Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 will be able to measure its owner's blood glucose with an optical sensor.
It would certainly be shocking news. The American Diabetes Association estimates that more than 10% of Americans have type 1 diabetes, and that more than 26 million of them are undiagnosed. Adding a blood sugar sensor to the Apple Watch could play a very valuable role in conducting formal testing, diagnosis, and treatment.
The report ensures that this new technology for detecting blood glucose level without having to puncture the user, as is currently the case with current blood reagent glucometers, it is patented in the testing phase.
It will be an optical system like the one currently used in the Apple Watch Series 6, which detects both the beats per minute and the oxygen level in the blood.
Of course it would be quite a revolution. With current glucometers, you must draw a drop of blood with a slight prick and wet a reagent. There is only one manufacturer that has a patented system that consists of injecting a patch subcutaneously, which analyzes the subcutaneous fluid.
But of course, there are none that use an optical system non-invasive to be able to test your blood glucose level. It will be quite a revolution. If they succeed, of course.
