“As soon as the prototypes are ready, we will evaluate our product’s performance in a clinical trial and test if it complies with consumer product quality and safety standards. At the same time, we will also start the necessary procedures to evaluate if our product complies with different medical standards,” explains Stefano Valenzi, the inventor of GlucoScanner.
So far, the biggest challenge has been to find companies able to customise existing technology into sensors specialised for the GlucoScanner prototype. Sensors already available on the market were not able to fulfil the quality requirements needed for GlucoScanner’s measurements. Dynamic Brain Labs has finally found a partner in Japan able to develop sensors of satisfactory sensitivity, quality and in a form factor needed for fabrication of the GlucoScanner. The production of samples has begun and will be followed by any necessary safety tests and certifications in September.
“After reviewing and improving the hardware for the production of a photoplethysmogram and employing uncommon infrared wavelengths with other physiological data, we have also developed our personal approach and created an innovative method to collect and evaluate data. Thanks to our innovative technologies and experience with modern data analysis methods, GlucoScanner evaluation of blood glucose levels is extremely accurate. To the best of my knowledge, GlucoScanner shows higher accuracy than any other non-invasive optical device. Our prototypes were so far tested in the range of ~80mg up to 530mg/dL.
“Dynamic Brain Labs has already performed two experiments with the general public, inviting over 100 subjects in the Tokyo area. The first experiment took place in June 2017 with our third-generation prototype. The 3rd generation is the last prototype assembled manually in our labs, each with custom 3D printed finger cuff”, says Valenzi.
GlucoScanner will be a revolutionary product for the millions of people daily struggling with diabetes: the device is painless and cuts the cost of disposable products. Lowering the expenses of this procedure will mean that people, who until now could not afford the test strip method, could become able to monitor their blood glucose, and potentially live a better life.
Monitoring blood glucose is necessary to control body weight, to optimise work out activities, and finally to help people age in a healthier body and with a healthier mind. The device in fact, was intended not only for people with diabetes, but also for athletes, pregnant women, hospital patients and everyone who wants to live a healthier life.
The next step will be the launch to market, following further study in a Japanese hospital, aimed at evaluating the performance of the new GlucoScanner and obtaining medical certifications.
