Blood Test Implant

Blood testing for metabolites seems poised to become a distance monitoring process with an implantable device scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique in Lausanne, Switzerland have developed.  The device is a 14 mm long sensor that can simultaneously detect seven proteins and organic acids from a location just below the skin.  The sensor communicated with a skin patch that provides its power and wirelessly transmits recorded values via Bluetooth to a cellphone or portable computer.  Apparently, the life of the device is about six weeks.  See the video with this piece.  MORE

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