Technology Innovations

Developed by researchers and professors in the Oregon State University's College of Engineering

This contact lens is designed for diabetics, to help them monitor their blood sugar levels easier than with an insulin pump

This contact lens will simplify the glucose monitoring process for diabetics by giving real-time glucose information to a phone or pump

Once the contact lens is completed, it will most likely be found in doctor's offices to be prescribed to patients

Estimated that the contact lens will be available to the public within the next 5 years

The researchers have stated that the goal is to make the price low and affordable for diabetics to easily have access to​

Greg Herman, OSU professor and author of the study, said “We have fully transparent sensors that are working”; the next step is to develop the communication aspect between the lens and a phone/pump

Google has been developing a similar glucose monitoring contact lens; however, their version is not transparent (see right)

This contact lens should definitely stick around, as it makes checking glucose levels more efficient and makes living with and monitoring diabetes less of a hassle; Herman also said the lens might ultimately be used for cancer detection