Couple days ago Google (now Alphabet) sent a patent query about the “needle-free blood draw”. The idea is to patent a system of blood draw and insert it in wearable electronics. According to the Alphabet the procedure lasts for couple seconds and pain-free (system sends a gas into a barrel containing a micro-particle that pierces the skin. Once blood is released from the skin, it’s sucked up into the negative pressure barrel.
The Company announces that it enables to collect small portion of blood enough to conduct a glucose test, so it makes, if released, be a indispensable for diabetics.
Indeed the number of people with diabetes is huge in US and it can open a valuable door for new business. But again and again we are prompted to raise the personal data issue: what will be happening with blood samples? Where the base of samples will be stored? Just inside the device?
What Do You think, guys?
Oh I thought they were going to incorporate this mechanism into contact lens. I was acttually going to write about Google’s most interesting and biggest acquisitions. I got inspired by this video. Even the contact lens thing is mentioned in it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-79uIRQiAFM
Wow that sounds so cool and so surreal. If they develop this further it could really help increase blood donations. Here is a picture of such a simple suction device http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a15163/tasso-blood-test-device/. I hope google comes up with something cooler looking.