{"id":395279,"date":"2026-01-08T14:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/395279\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:10:12","slug":"this-is-the-blood-glucose-monitor-weve-been-waiting-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/395279\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is the Blood Glucose Monitor We\u2019ve Been Waiting For"},"content":{"rendered":"

The wearables industry has solved the relatively easy stuff: step counting, sleep tracking, fitness coaching. It has also solved more complex things like detecting atrial fibrillation and sleep apnea. While all of these biometrics are useful, the continuous tracking of blood sugar in a way that\u2019s noninvasive (meaning it doesn\u2019t involve needles) has eluded the makers of fitness tracking<\/a> devices.<\/p>\n

Diabetics need to monitor their blood sugar constantly to make sure it doesn\u2019t go too high and damage their organs. This is especially hard for elderly people and small children, since monitoring blood sugar usually requires a pinprick blood test or a continuous glucose monitor (CGM), which also reaches under the skin.<\/p>\n

CGMs have also become hugely popular among non-diabetics as the popularity of GLP-1s<\/a> has skyrocketed. Eating like a diabetic<\/a>\u2014lots of protein and fiber, minimal sugar and carbs\u2014is a great way to lose weight. Apple, among other companies, has spent years, and millions of dollars<\/a>, trying to introduce a no-prick blood glucose monitor to the Apple Watch<\/a>, but the feature hasn\u2019t arrived yet.<\/p>\n

All this is to explain why I could scarcely believe that the PreEvnt Isaac<\/a> was real when I saw it here at CES<\/a> 2026 in Las Vegas. The Isaac is a small device, about the size of a quarter. Instead of tracking blood glucose optically through the skin, it measures volatile organic compounds in your breath to detect biomarkers like acetone that can be correlated with rising blood glucose levels.<\/p>\n

You might not be able to wear it in a smart ring or watch, but a small device that you can wear around your neck or keep in your bag without having to retreat to the bathroom to prick your skin is a huge step up in quality of life for many, many people.<\/p>\n

Upcoming FDA Authorization\"This<\/p>\n

Photograph: Adrienne So<\/p>\n

The Isaac is named after the inventor\u2019s grandson, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at 2 years old. A 2-year-old doesn\u2019t want to get pricked constantly. Bud Wilcox realized that \u201cacetone breath<\/a>\u201d\u2014that sweet, fruity breath that is a common diabetic symptom\u2014could be used to check for blood sugar events.<\/p>\n

PreEvnt and Wilcox showcased the concept at CES 2025 (it didn\u2019t seem real then, either). Later that year, the device entered active human clinical trials at Indiana University. The study is comparing Isaac\u2019s performance with monitoring blood sugar levels as compared to traditional blood sugar monitoring, starting with adolescents with type 1 diabetes and then expanding to adults with type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n

The trials are being conducted with an eye toward regulatory review by the US Food and Drug Administration in the upcoming year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The wearables industry has solved the relatively easy stuff: step counting, sleep tracking, fitness coaching. It has also…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":395280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[175770,191242,252,35686,74,5940],"class_list":{"0":"post-395279","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ces","9":"tag-ces-health","10":"tag-health-care","11":"tag-sensors","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-wearables"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}