Eye-Wearable Device Can Spot Diabetes-Related Condition


LONDON: Inspired by Google Glass, researchers have now developed a wearable eye-monitoring device that could lead to early detection of a common diabetes-related neurological condition.

Diabetic autonomic neuropathy is common among people with both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

The new technology is a small, wearable device called a pupillometer that can hang on a pair of eye-glasses and only weighs 78 grams - slightly heavier than Google Glass.

"Compared to the existing diagnostic techniques, the pupillometer is a more reliable, effective, portable and inexpensive solution for diagnosing diabetic autonomic neuropathy in its early stages," claimed lead researcher Mang Ou-Yang from National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan.

The device is designed to be worn for half an hour or so in the doctor's office, during which time it would monitor a person's pupils.

By carefully measuring five parameters associated with the pupils, doctors may then be able to detect the earliest signs of diabetic autonomic neuropathy.

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Source: IANS