Venus wearable monitor could offer alternative to needles

It looks like folks wary of needles now have yet another piece of technology to look forward to, with this so-called Venus device promising to measure tissue oxygen and pH levels without the need to draw any blood at all. To do that, the system makes use of a relatively small sensor that's placed directly on the skin, which uses near infrared light to measure to measure the blood and analyze both the tissue oxygen and pH, as well as the the metabolic rate. As a bonus, the lack of needles also reduces the the risk of infection, and it's relatively portable nature makes it ideal for use outside of strictly medical situations, such as monitoring athletes -- or astronauts, as it was originally developed for. As you might expect, however, the device is still just in prototype form, and there doesn't appear to be any indication as to when it might move beyond the lab.

[Karate Tortoise Posted Apr 29th 2009 5:08PM]

6 wires. that doesn't look very wearable.

[dibs oddjob Posted Apr 29th 2009 5:19PM]

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1. An original type, form, or instance serving as a basis or standard for later stages.
2. An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product.

[UchihaSasuke Posted Apr 29th 2009 6:52PM]

Six wires, I only see four, either that or my "alphabet" is not very good.

[iLoveApple Posted Apr 29th 2009 5:13PM]

Oh. My. God.

Damn girl! Look at that camel toe! She obviously hasn't had any in a while -- her 'naughty bits' are eating her shorts...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 29th 2009 5:26PM]

Dude, obviously, you have spent too much time on your computer today.. Time to take a 15. No arguments! Take a 15. There is no camel toe.

[wcanyon Posted Apr 29th 2009 5:32PM]

yeah really, what's he talking about?

[iLoveApple Posted Apr 29th 2009 5:33PM]

There is! I'm not crazy I tell ya! Can't you see its teeth?

[brdystyls Posted Apr 29th 2009 5:41PM]

An Apple a day keeps the brain away.

[Col Readily Apparent Posted Apr 29th 2009 7:49PM]

I'm afraid that's just the seam of the pants my friend. Now zip that up and go wash your hands.

[brdystyls Posted Apr 29th 2009 5:33PM]

Nope no Toes in sight. Get away from the Apples and eat some Carrots, it'll help your eye sight.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 29th 2009 5:34PM]

Good one!! Let's low rank him just for fun :P

[thevideofan Posted Apr 29th 2009 5:34PM]

cool

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 29th 2009 9:07PM]

You are sick and nearsighted...

[(Unverified) Posted May 1st 2009 6:05AM]

Actually, there's this kind of product already on the market here in Japan (not a prototype).
It's name DooO. Here's the maker homepage (Japanese)
http://www.astem-jp.com/