Echo Therapuetics

Non-Invasive Diabetes Technology: Still Dreaming

By MikeH on November 7, 2012

We’ve seen the sensational headlines over and over: “no more needles for diabetics!”
Maybe soon we’ll be inhaling insulin through our noses. Or rolling it on like a stick of deodorant. Or lapping it up in the form of a wafer on our tongues.
Maybe we’ll be getting non-stop blood sugar readings just by shining a beam of light onto our skin…
Look out! Here come glucose-sensoring tattoos and saliva measurements that promise pain-free BG…

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Echo’s Symphony: Another Attempt at CGM Through the Skin

By AmyT on December 22, 2009

Last week I learned of yet another company, Echo Therapuetics out of the Boston area, that is developing a transdermal continuous glucose monitoring system for people with diabetes. Naturally that means a non-invasive monitor that takes constant readings through your skin.
Been there. Heard that. Right?
Well, allow me to briefly introduce their work before we get into the discussion about whether skin-surface monitoring will ever succeed.
Echo’s Symphony system is made up of four…

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