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No-Prick Blood Sugar Tests Unveiled
Fewer Finger Pricks With Future Blood Sugar Tests

New devices for people with diabetes may make their lives a little easier.

Researchers say using light beams to measure blood sugar through the skin will mean needing finger pricks only for calibration.

Diabetes means your body has trouble controlling the amount of sugar in your blood. The key to diabetes treatment is blood sugar control.

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Several companies are competing to bring patients blood sugar monitors that all but eliminate blood letting. One is the GlucoLight Corp. Another is OrSense Ltd. Both reported progress at the American Diabetes Association’s 67th Annual Scientific Sessions, held June 22-26 in Chicago.

The two companies’ devices are very different. The OrSense device uses a finger cuff that periodically restricts blood flow — much like a blood pressure test — and then uses a sensor to detect blood-specific signals from infrared light transmitted through the finger.

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