minimally invasive

The Tiny Tattoo That Could (Monitor Blood Sugar in Florescent Light)

By AmyT on August 4, 2011

Hey PWDs: Have you ever read the headline of an article and thought to yourself, Gee, that sounds familiar? That’s what we thought last week when news of a nano-tattoo for monitoring blood sugar started popping up again. We first heard about this technology way back in 2002, and then again in 2009, and even in 2010. So is anything really new there?
Turns out the latest is that scientists at Northeastern University are integrating…

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iSense and Their “Glycemic Signature”

By AmyT on October 6, 2008

iPod, iPhone, iPump, iPort, iV-drip (?)… so no reason to look surprised when you hear about another futuristic diabetes technology company by the name of iSense.
This one, a privately held company based in Oregon, has been working on developing a “minimally invasive” continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) for about ten years.  (I’m guessing the company name sounded a lot more futuristic back then.)
From what I gather, what’s new and different with the iSense…

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