Google Could Have a Needle-Free Cure for Diabetes With This Watch

Google is planning a ‘needle-free’ way to collect samples using smartwatches

Google patented health wristband. (Photo Courtesy: US State Patent)

We already have the technology for smartwatches to collect data about your heart rate, exercise pattern and stress levels, but wearable technology is now helping healthcare reach the next level of evolution. Search-engine giant Google has made a watch that will replace needles used in hospitals.

In order to get the device out in the market at the earliest, Google has applied for patents right for this wristband that could come as a boon to diabetic patients across the globe.

As the pictographs below show, once the blood is released, it’s sucked up into the negative pressure barrel. “Such an application might be used to draw a small amount of blood, for example, for a glucose test,” Google explains in its filing.

It will be interesting to see if Google ends up making this patented device any time soon. It looks like a big-sized version of the Motorola Moto 360 laced with all kinds of sensors to monitor body readings, including blood checks.

Google patented health wristband. (Photo Courtesy: US State Patent)

We have come across many health-related devices of late but Google may have a winner on its hands, if the device does come through.