Non-Invasive Method of Measuring Blood Sugar Using Infrared Technology

Filed in archive Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation on January 4, 2006

Scanning through the entries in the first issue for year 2006 of the Medical Blogging Grand Rounds, I found an entry on a novel medical gadget to measure blood sugar. Oculir Inc, which has devised a gadget that uses infrared-technology to scan the whites of the eyes, announced last month that ithas raised $7.3 million in a Series A preferred financing for the product.

"The founders of Oculir have combined the best wavelength region for measuring glucose, the Mid-IR, with a unique measurement site, the white of the eye, and protected it with a strong intellectual property position," noted Dr. Myles Greenberg, General Partner with CHL Medical Partners. "People with diabetes have been waiting for a true noninvasive glucose testing system for over 20 years, and we are eager to deliver such a system," Burd said.

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