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I assume there's an RF mixer somewhere in there.

Edit: read the paper, now more confused



I don’t have access to the full text, but I loved this part:

> Commercial CGM devices have certain drawbacks in diabetic measurement during daily activities such as food intake, sleeping, exercise and driving. The drawbacks are continuous radiations from devices

So they think a drawback of CGM is the (Bluetooth) radiation, and their alternative is to zap the pancreas with, um, magic dielectric radiation? Or magic radiation that results in “dielectric” backscatter?

I do find myself wondering whether a watch- or patch-sized object could get a usable NMR signal from glucose. Maybe a neodymium magnet and a very carefully shaped probe antenna to compensate for the horribly nonuniform magnetic field? Maybe an AC field with no permanent magnet at all? I found a reference suggesting that measuring glucose in blood outside the body by 1T NMR is doable but marginal, so this may be a lost cause.


The paper is full text, fyi. You won't get any extra info about actual glucose measurements. The paper is all about their device idea engineering. The press release dose purport to show a pic of a supposed sensor and a vague claim of clinical trials.


I meant this reference that was being discussed a bit:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bspc.2023.105072

The OP paper is a bit lacking in any actual details of how glucose is being detected…


Thanks :)




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