Healthcare Innovation June 23, 2023
With non-invasive continuous glucose monitoring solutions on the horizon, medtech companies have an opportunity to help diabetes patients better manage their disease.
Continuous glucose monitoring has revolutionized diabetes management. The devices, which are usually stuck to a person’s arm, stomach, or thigh, utilize a small sensor placed under the skin to check blood sugar levels. This has freed people living with diabetes or those who are prediabetic from having to regularly prick and test blood from their fingers. It also allows for better control of blood sugar levels.
The technology has evolved since its inception in the 2000s and has been adopted by both type-1 and type-2 diabetes patients. And the...