Freedom Meditech Promises Glucose-Monitoring Eye Scanner


	Freedom Meditech Promises Glucose-Monitoring Eye Scanner

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b1751ebf-5a8f-46dd-b153-d777fcf73ba8/2BCE879D-32DB-4316-8BA6-5AC2AA869D78/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.switched.com/2008/06/23/freedom-meditech-promises-glucose-monitoring-eye-scanner/" href="http://www.switched.com/2008/06/23/freedom-meditech-promises-glucose-monitoring-eye-scanner/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.switched.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.switched.com/2008/06/23/freedom-meditech-promises-glucose-monitoring-eye-scanner/"><H2><A rel="bookmark" href="http://www.switched.com/2008/06/23/freedom-meditech-promises-glucose-monitoring-eye-scanner/" linkindex="118">Freedom Meditech Promises Glucose-Monitoring Eye Scanner</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.switched.com/2008/06/23/freedom-meditech-promises-glucose-monitoring-eye-scanner/"><P class="byline">by <STRONG><A href="http://www.switched.com/bloggers/donald-melanson/" linkindex="119">Donald Melanson</A></STRONG>, posted Jun 23rd 2008 at 1:23PM</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.switched.com/2008/06/23/freedom-meditech-promises-glucose-monitoring-eye-scanner/"><DIV><A href="http://www.diabetesmine.com/2008/06/a-new-shot-at-glucose-monitoring-in-the-eye.html" linkindex="120"><IMG hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.engadget.com/media/2008/06/meditech-eye-scanner.jpg" /></A>There's certainly no shortage of <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/12/philips-invents-breath-test-for-diabetics/" linkindex="121">efforts</A> out there to make <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/04/08/texas-startup-develops-wireless-diabetes-monitor/" linkindex="122">glucose monitoring</A> <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/12/medtronic-diabetes-concept-car-monitors-glucose-levels-in-dash/" linkindex="123">a bit easier</A> for diabetics, but Freedom Meditech is now claiming to have developed one of the least invasive to date and, what's more, it says it's actually gearing up to start some clinical trials. That latter bit is apparently possible thanks to a newly formed partnership with Batelle, which is helping to raise the necessary capital, while the former bit got a boost from an arrangement with the University of Toledo, whose technology it is licensing. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.switched.com/2008/06/23/freedom-meditech-promises-glucose-monitoring-eye-scanner/">The key bit, it seems, is that Freedom Meditech's method involves scanning only the front portion of the eye (or, more specifically, the Aqueous humor where the glucose resides) instead of shining a light on the retina, which some similar methods use.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.switched.com/2008/06/23/freedom-meditech-promises-glucose-monitoring-eye-scanner/">[Source: <A href="http://www.diabetesmine.com/2008/06/a-new-shot-at-glucose-monitoring-in-the-eye.html" target="_blank" linkindex="124" set="yes">Diabetes Mine</A></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2BCE879D-32DB-4316-8BA6-5AC2AA869D78/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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