Diabetes mellitus remains one of the most dangerous and incurable diseases and is associated with the mandatory control of blood sugar and the need for regular insulin injections. A person with diabetes is forced to always keep an eye on sugar levels, therefore, scientists are striving to create even more effective methods of monitoring this process to facilitate the patient’s life.
Experts from the international POSTECH group suggest using the wireless technology of “smart contact lenses” to control blood glucose, which helps to detect diabetes and treat diabetic retinopathy in a timely manner by simply putting them on. Wireless-powered smart contact lenses can diagnose and treat diabetes by remote control of drug delivery using electrical signals.
The technology of “smart lenses” is based on the fact that the sugar level in tears corresponds to the level of glucose in the blood, which is taken for analysis. Scientists also said that the medicine placed in the lenses could effectively treat diabetic retinopathy.
Biologically safe materials are used in the manufacture of “smart lenses”. Researchers also note great potential in using the new technology. Using lenses will make it possible to control and diagnose Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease and depression. At the next stage of the study, the ability of “smart lenses” to control biometric indicators in real time will be studied.
