Reply to post: Partly accurate?

AI of the needle: Here's how neural networks could detect nighttime low blood-sugar levels using your heart beat

TrumpSlurp the Troll

Partly accurate?

The article talks about capturing a blood sample on a test strip then inserting it into a glucometer. Wrong. You insert the strip (which makes an electrical connection) then you collect the drop of blood.

This seems to be a one trick pony - detect hypos whilst asleep - being hyped as an answer to all aspects of blood glucose monitoring. If it is significantly cheaper than CGM then it might have a place in the market. However if you are already using (for example) a Freestyle Libre with the add on Bluetooth transmitter then it doesn't seem to add any value nor does it seem to offer proper CGM.

If someone can show that this technology is at least as accurate as finger pricks for measuring high, normal and low BG plus alerting for rapid changes then it might be a player. However there are no indications that detecting an absolute BG level has even been investigated.

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