Healthcare Magazine February 2018 | Page 30

MEDICAL DEVICES

the base model taking the form of a shoebox sized contraption providing all optical and electronic components as well as data processing . This element is due to be completed in 2018 .
Based on what is experienced with this device , miniaturisation will proceed towards a pocket device , which has attracted the sobriquet the ‘ muffin ’. This portable pocket glucometer is due to be ready in
2019 , and as it can be carried around day and night by the end user , it will make it possible to monitor blood sugar levels frequently .
The final piece of the DiaMonTech jigsaw is to create a wrist watch device which will be able to constantly screen blood glucose . It is hoped that this will be ready by 2021 . Alarm features will be part of the design , in order to track glucose levels and notify the user if they are too high or too low .
Prof . Werner Mäntele Head of R & D
Thorsten Lubinski CEO
Dr . Rainer Gith Legal Counsel
Otto Hertzberg R & D
Alexander Bauer R & D
30 February 2018