Non-invasive method for blood glucose detection
Keywords:
non-invasive, diabetes, glucose levels, blood glucose, exhaled acetoneAbstract
Diabetes is metabolic disorder. Our body produces insulin to balance the sugar levels in our body. People
having diabetes don’t produce enough insulin and hence there is an imbalance in the sugar levels causing an increase in
the sugar level in our body. Hence some diabetes patients need to continuously check their diabetes levels to keep it under
control. Current technologies to measure diabetes require a needle to prick fingers and place a drop of blood on a strip to
determine the blood glucose levels. It is invasive, painful, and expensive. If not handled properly it could lead to infections
and other skin related diseases.
We have proposed two methods to detect the blood glucose levels non-invasively. The first one is using near infrared
spectroscopy. In this method we will pass an infrared light through body and determine the change in amplitude with
respect to blood glucose concentration. The other method is using human breath analysis. The sensor will detect the
concentration of acetone and other volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath to determine the concentration of blood
glucose levels.
