The Real Reason the Apple Watch Lacks Glucose Monitoring
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 มิ.ย. 2024
- Apple’s Watch is capable of monitoring sleep, steps, heart-rate and oxygen. But why can’t it measure blood sugar? There have been years of reports of big tech companies trying to breakthrough into accessible non-invasive glucose monitoring, so what’s stopping it from being a reality?
I dig into Apple’s secrets, decode its patents and talk to some leaders in health tech to see whether measuring blood sugar above the skin could become a reality.
0:00 Checking blood glucose
0:46 Noninvasive glucose monitoring
1:56 Technological and regulatory challenges
3:20 Apple’s patents and research
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Thanks for the information. Very well done.
You can only view BG readings on a SmartWatch via Bluetooth and a 3rd party companion app which can display it on a watchface.. I have a Libre 2 CGM (btw @DalvinBrownWSJ you are slightly incorrect in your video about a CGM using a needle to measure blood glucose levels). A CGM uses a needle as a "delivery device" to place a synthetic filament in your arm, which in turn is attached to the sensor on your arm, It doesn't take the measurement of Blood Glucose using whole blood. It uses your body-fat's interstitial fluid in the back of the arm (the only recommended placement site) and through an algorithm determines an estimate on what your blood sugar will be (it has a window of about 10-15 mins on whole blood). You should also NEVER just rely on a CGM alone. The traditional Whole Blood finger-stick method should always be used if you CGM is alerting you to a Hypo- or Hyper- glycemic event. That is the most accurate measure,
Why not just take a smart watch and add the glucose testing patch to it. Ok a needle is still needed but that would actually make me buy a smart watch
You can already do this..... apply the patch to your arm.... get readings on your phone (and your watch)
When is the watch coming out ?
probably never, the big pharma companies would lose billions if Apple/Samsung put glucose monitoring in their watches. They will lobby and make sure the FDA doesn't approve it. Meaning even as a non-diabetic you are out of luck...unless...you won't believe this, they just got their continuous glucose monitoring devices approved for over the counter purchase for non-diabetics.
I have the solution. How do I get in contact with apple?
I will summarize your video in 4 words: The technology isn't ready.
This isn't to say that you didn't make an interesting & informative video. You did. But a more accurate title would have been "Research into Measuring Glucose on Smartwatches" or "Hurdles Facing Smart Technology in Measuring Blood Glucose".
Would be good if Abbott and Apple could just get the libre to talk to the watch! But I guess that won’t happen as both want to be the leader!
there's a hack but yeah, inconvenient
People if you’re still reading this thread, I have a watch it’s called Smart life, smart bracelet, ECG, blood glucose and blood pressure. It also tracks steps it tracks your sleep, but not very good not as good as the Applewatch
Can you please put the model number at least? I checked online and there are too many different variations of this watch.
@@shiriajin Did you get the model? I am interesting too
@@isaax05 following
1:50 that dock though… 😶
I look forward to an accurate and reliable noninvasive blood glucose monitoring
There was a TH-cam ad for a watch that claims blood sugar monitoring but I knew it had to be BS so I started researching and I was right especially for something that cost 47 dollars. Of course there are pages of positive reviews. Just like the drones that were made for the military or the flashlights that are strong enough to start a fire 😂😂
Haha I have one it is awesome. It was $90
There’s tremendous opposition to the advancements in diabetes management from government and all healthcare sectors. If the disease ever get cured, there will be impacts to healthcare revenue, insurance industries, and jobs lost.
It's fake or true
4:14 "The company filed a patent ... that would use electromagnetic radiation instead of light." - Light is EMR, this does not make sense!
The used technology is like a sonar. An emitter send a beam through skin, and that is reflected back to a receiver. They’re saying that they changed light with another EMR, because of the receiver. For light, is used a receiver that converts light signals into electrical signals, using photoelectric principles. Another EMR (like microwaves or radio waves) are using different methods to be converted into electrical signals that can be interpreted as data. So for this reason, even if the emitter send same signals, the receiver use different technology. Hope that helps and you understand.
I caught the same. Was looking for this comment lol
light is emr, but NOT ALL EMR IS LIGHT
Huawei's watch 4 may bring a decent monitor to US before apple.?
Yea right a communist enterprise trusted with my health laughing my ass off 😂
I wouldn’t even Trust that no way! Question & vet everything to the ent!
It won't. You cannot measure Glucose levels unless it's performed via fluid delivery. Sweat, Other Medication & Lotions interfere with the skin;s natural barrier and oils. It is practically impossible - The only way is through either skin penetration or implantation of a sensor.
@@alandunbar4244 how do you think blood oxygen is measured in watches? The quest is to monitor subtle changes in body parameters that can be correlated to blood sugar
@@valqueenofValhalla Don't see how communism is related here. It's more to do with adversarial relations with China or Russia which I find sensible not to share data with them. And that brings in the main issue, countries spying on your data, something which even EU, US, Canada, India do. Even companies like Samsung and Apply do and sell your medical data to insurance companies so that your premiums get higher.
Stronger light needed to go through the skin, heart beats are stronger, I’ve heard that 10 people right now are wearing test watches, they have been told to wear these watches all the time for a year, then all these data collected, from there software improvements maybe needed, that the last I heard and that was beginning of the summer so 2025 maybe the year, no doubt this will fly off those apple shelves and be a No1 market leader, I do prefer a giant company to throw millions into development and accuracy 👍🏻
Chances are... light won't help.... it's been tried to hell and back.... Currently the technology is using much lower/higher wavelengths than that of light.
You cannot measure Glucose through light and never will be able to. Glucose is a molecule that attaches to red blood cells and is too small to be measured via that medium. It needs either Fluid, Blood and/or laboratory microbiological analysis.. The skin is the main problem. Oils on your skin, lotions, other medications, heat, cold etc interfere with even with current body sensors on smartwatches. It would be great if they could, but at this technology stage, even CGM's have the limitations mentioned above,
I have a watch that tracks it. It’s awesome.
It probably communicates with your CGM, hun.
The watch doesn't't detect on its own.
Hi can you give details and where can I buy one
Anything Apple man I don't even want to hear about it, why can't people just make an Android video about Android phones that are the best glucose monitor phones, f*** Apple.
The comment at the end about the donut was unnecessary. If your sugar is high, you shouldn’t have any carbs (or should take insulin to lower blood sugar and to cover the donut). Even healthy foods like fruit have carbs. Please stop associating diabetes with junk food. It’s very ignorant and just makes the diabetes community think you’re stupid.
you have zero science background!
The consumption of a small amount of carbs should only EVER be done if you are prone to and/or encountering a Hypoglycemic event or to maintain a steady BG level around the time of insulin delivery. Sugar won't cut it in the long term (only an immediate rescue from severe/dangerous BG lows). However, Type 2 diabetics should be avoiding carbs period... unless they take insulin or a Sulfonylurea medicine like Gliclazide. (Metformin, SGLT2's and/or diet only will not cause Hypos in Type 2s)
@@ramsineivaz I work in healthcare and have had T1D for 24 years.
@@alandunbar4244 not true.