Know Labs unveils glucose monitor that swaps fingersticks for RF sensors

I find some of the this vague in this announcement. Non invasive BGM is the &quot;holy grail&quot; in this field. Tons of companies have failed after big investments. Some scammers are out there they claim since decades they solved the problem. I would be curious about peer reviewed publications of their technology.<p>A friend of mine is working on this too. Close to market. He is the only one that regularly published peer reviewed publications on this topic.<p>In fact, I remember I have written an SBIR grant proposal on the technology that was evaluated by an idiot who googled one of the components, realized a single unit (as compared to 10000 units) would cost 50 grant and rejected it based on the claim that the technology would be too expensive in practice. I had written in the proposal that, produced in quantities, the cost of this item is in the mid 3 dollar digits per unit. An idiot and google are a very dangerous combination, even at the NIH.

The device claims to have 97% of reading within 15% of the Freestyle Libre, which itself is then not as accurate as blood glucose.<p>Put another way, it’s less accurate than a device that’s already less accurate than finger sticks.<p>Given this info, I’m not sure this version is practically useful yet in terms of accuracy.

“We know that not all people with diabetes are looking for a wearable continuous glucose monitoring device to manage their diabetes.&quot;<p>Okay that&#x27;s pretty bogus. Some people can&#x27;t afford it, but everyone with diabetes would benefit from a CGM. There&#x27;s much more to be gained from trends in CGM data than singular data points. (I was diagnosed with Type 1 at 16, been on a CGM for most of that time).

I just started testing glucose this last week, for health and training purposes. Of course, it just started to get cold in the mornings, and I wake early, so I’m dehydrated, cold and stiff. It takes a bit of water drinking and bodyweight-squatting and arm rubbing to get vigorous circulation for a good drop of blood. I haven’t figured out how to store and dispose of the lances yet, and the bother of it all makes me very sympathetic to those who aren’t doing it for fun and gains.

&quot;...the radiofrequency sensor technology was able to measure glucose levels with accuracy comparable to that of Abbott’s Freestyle Libre continuous glucose monitor...&quot;<p>Then this means it won&#x27;t eliminate fingersticks 100%. I&#x27;ve never used the Libre, but I use Medtronic&#x27;s Guardian sensor, which requires calibration twice a day via fingersticks.

non-invasive. Any investors here? I could offer non-invasive blood pressure monitoring (no, not based on pulse wave velocity).

Can&#x27;t wait until it is bought by an existing company and then discarded, like its previous competitors.