A new implantable sensor measures blood sugar 24 hours a day and transmits information over a wireless channel. A small circular device having two sensors is implanted into the torso region. One sensor is responsible for detecting oxygen, and the second monitors the reaction between oxygen and glucose. This information is transmitted through an embedded antenna (a range of almost 4 meters).

During the year the device was tested for one pig and for another 10 months. No problems have arisen, notes The Daily Mail. In the near future, scientists plan to start experiments on people. If they are successful, in a few years we will be able to see the device in the arsenal of doctors. While scientists promise to teach the device to send information to mobile phones.

It can be very convenient for parents with sick children. The ultimate goal - the creation of an artificial pancreas. She will monitor blood sugar levels and release insulin. Such a sensor can be used for people with 1 and 2 types of diabetes. It will help to select the required dose of insulin and the necessary injection time for patients with type 1 diabetes, which will reduce the likelihood of overdose and the development of hypoglycemia. And diabetic patients will find it easier to decide on a diet. The main thing is that the sensor will exclude the possibility of dangerous sudden jumps in blood sugar.

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