“Ouchless” Patch Promises Needle-Free Diabetic Monitoring

Scientists at the University of Bath, U.K., have developed a non-invasive adhesive patch that can measure blood glucose levels directly through the skin without the need to draw blood by finger-prick sampling for calibration. The patch, based on a miniaturized pixel array platform, pulls glucose out from fluid between cells across hair follicles, and can monitor blood glucose levels over several hours.The multidisciplinary research team tested their prototype patch on pig skin and on healthy hum