Pohang University’s Sae Kwang Han and Do Hee Keum have developed a contact lens/ eyeglass combination to monitor diabetes and dispense drugs as needed. The glasses wirelessly power and communicate with the drug-releasing lens, that monitors glucose concentration in tears. An LED alarm lights up when sugar levels are very high. The lens can be worn for one month.
A user can tell the eyeglasses to send a drug-releasing signal to the chip with voice commands. A control circuit is being created to automate the process, deciding independently when medicine is needed. To release drugs, the chip draws on one of ten drug reservoirs chambers that are carved into the hydrogel, and covered with a thin gold electrode membrane. The voltage dissolves the membrane and releases the drug.
Wearable Tech + Digital Health NYC – June 7, 2016 @ the New York Academy of Sciences
NeuroTech NYC – June 8, 2016 @ the New York Academy of Sciences