Title :
The P. C??ZANNE Project: Innovative Approaches to Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Author :
Shenkman, L. ; Koukaki, M. ; Karamanou, S. ; Economou, A.
Author_Institution :
Med. of Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv
Abstract :
Our EC-funded project, (FP6 contract No. 031867), ldquoDevelopment of an implanted biosensor for continuous care and monitoring system of diabetic patientsrdquo, addresses the pressing needs for the improvement of blood glucose monitoring and management through the development of an implanted sensor. This reagentless device integrates a novel nanobiotechnological glucose-sensing array at the heart of a ground-breaking fluorimetric detector, itself using an innovative hydrogel waveguide technology. The implant will wirelessly feed a sustained stream of glucose values into a networked telemedicine system that will be able to support thousands of diabetic patients, and is planned to eventually integrate an insulin pump, thus fulfilling the ultimate goal of devising a cybernetic, externally supervised ldquoartificial pancreasrdquo.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; biochemistry; biocybernetics; biomedical telemetry; biosensors; blood; diseases; microsensors; nanobiotechnology; patient care; patient monitoring; proteins; sensor arrays; telemedicine; P. CEZANNE project; continuous blood glucose monitoring; continuous care-and-monitoring system; cybernetics; diabetic patients; externally supervised artificial pancreas; fluorimetric detector; hydrogel waveguide technology; implanted biosensor; insulin pump; nanobiotechnological glucose-sensing array; networked telemedicine system; Biosensors; Blood; Contracts; Diabetes; Nanoscale devices; Patient monitoring; Pressing; Project management; Sensor systems; Sugar; Biosensing Techniques; Blood Glucose; Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Prostheses and Implants; Telemedicine; Telemetry;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lyon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0787-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353731
