Design of an implantable nano-enabled biomédical device for in-vivo glucose monitoring

This article reports on the research and development of a cutting-edge biomedical device for continuous in-vivo glucose monitoring. Using a case-study approach, the paper examines the high-tech activities involved in the development of this biomedical device within the current context of converging technologies involving the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry, biology, telecommunications, electronics and energy. Here, nanotechnology is seen to represent a new industrial revolution, boosting the biomedical devices market. Nanosensors may well provide the tools required for investigating biological processes at the cellular level in vivo when embedded into medical devices of small dimensions, using biocompatible materials, and requiring reliable and targeted biosensors, high speed data transfer, safely stored data, and even energy autonomy.