Apple applies for new patent for Apple Watch: no need to collect blood, can monitor blood sugar

Thunderbird.com news, according to fast technology reports, February 14, Apple submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a new patent application description shows that it is planning to launch a dynamic environment containing environmental sensors to enhance the megahertz spectroscopy and imaging "technology, so that the Apple Watch to emit RF, and then calculate the degree of RF absorption and ultimately obtain blood glucose readings. The Apple Watch emits radio frequency and then calculates how much of that frequency is absorbed to get a blood glucose reading.

In the traditional method, blood glucose testing involves pricking a finger, placing a blood sample on a test strip, and inserting it into a machine called a glucometer.

This Apple technology is said to be facing some difficulties at the moment - the integration of the sensor into an electronic device requires a hole or opening to allow the sensor to come into contact with air. However, this opening also has the potential to make the device less waterproof, posing considerable demands and challenges to the waterproof design of the Apple Watch.

Additionally, blood glucose readings must be accurate. If the error is too large, there is a risk that the user who is using it as a medication guide will ingest the wrong dose of insulin.

Additionally, bringing non-invasive glucose testing to the Apple Watch, the watch's battery life is also an issue.

However, even with all the difficulties, the layout of the medical field with the Apple Watch is not Apple's first attempt.

Lei Feng network learned that Apple had clearly expressed its strong intention to enter the healthcare industry on World Heart Day 2019, and Cook had said that Apple's greatest contribution to humanity will be " health ".

Over the past few years, Apple has assembled a large internal team of doctors, health coaches, and engineers to develop health-related software and hardware devices with specific strategies and biomedical breakthroughs.

On the latest Apple Watch 6, there are brand new sensors that can detect blood oxygen levels.

Sumbul Desai, Apple's vice president of health, said the tool could help people spot early signs of infection with the new coronavirus, and announced a new study Apple is conducting in collaboration with the Seattle Flu Study and the University of Washington aimed at finding a relationship between blood oxygen, heart rate, and infection with the new coronavirus.

So the introduction of blood glucose monitoring would be a natural extension of the Apple Watch's current suite of health features.

From the earliest days of heart rate, to ECG (electrocardiogram), to sleep monitoring, to blood oxygen measurement, Apple is aiming to develop the Apple Watch into a "medical device" with even more features and applications. Lei Feng network