The Minimed sensor uses a replaceable probe to measure glucose in the fluid directly under the skin, usually in the abdomen.

He developed a method for measuring glucose in the blood, the Sunderman Sugar Tube, and was one of the first doctors to use insulin to bring a patient out of a diabetic coma.

Besides being the first continuous sensor, it is the first to measure glucose in the fluid under the skin, rather than in the blood itself.

Sensors for measuring the temperature, conductivity, glucose, oxygen, or pressure must be built into the bag during the manufacturing prior to sterilization.

So imagine my enthusiasm when I learned last fall that the Food and Drug Administration had finally approved the first implantable sensor to continuously measure glucose, beeping or vibrating a warning whenever levels head too high or too low.

Likewise, one cannot measure glucose but can measure the glucose concentration.

Integrity's product is based on a combination of ultrasonic, electromagnetic and thermal technologies to measure glucose.

The sensor accurately measured glucose in 95% of cases when compared with values obtained by fingersticks.

The majority of hydrogels are attached to the fibre, one exception being the fibre optic-based sensor made by Itsubayashi's group to measure glucose in fish (health indicator), which used a dialysis membrane as the support for the hydrogel.

Standard blood tests can also be performed on arterial blood, such as measuring glucose, lactate, hemoglobins, dys-haemoglobins, bilirubin and electrolytes.