New processes at work: Smartphone apps for monitoring blood sugar of diabetic patients
Entrep NU 12 # 5
MBAH 10B
Sugar Scalpel
Among diabetic patients on insulin injections, one of their most dreaded fears is pricking themselves at least 2 to 4 times a day to be able to monitor their blood sugar. This procedure is not only painful but also expensive because most of the gadgets to monitor the blood sugar of patients several times a day are disposable. To simplify the procedure of monitoring the blood sugar and making it less expensive, I propose to make an application for smartphones that can monitor the blood sugar of patients. First, we use an implantable device much like a thumbtack that we pressed into the skin of the patient, the sharp part to penetrate the skin and reach the small blood vessel to be able to read the blood sugar, the head part being the transmitter for sending the blood sugar result via bluetooth to our smartphone. The implantable device can be used for a long time and is reusable. In this method, we avoid the pricking of our fingers 2 to 4 times a day or depending on the need, just to monitor the blood sugar. The smartphone apps on the other hand will not only read and save the blood sugar results but sound an alarm and alert the attending physician via text message if ever the blood sugar level exceeded the normal range that you programmed into the apps. In this way, you not only avoided the numerous times that you have to prick your finger for the blood sugar but at the same time saved the results automatically and alert your physician if your blood sugar is outside of the normal range so the physician in turn can do emergency instructions. 4
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