The GWave developers say that the technology has conducted about 15,000 separate blood sugar measurements on people in controlled settings. The technology itself relies on artificial intelligence and physics, and after two years of full-time development, the early signs are positive. Irl Hirsch, professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a clinician and researcher at the UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, is a medical advisor for GWave. They co-founded a company in Haifa called Hagar and have developed the GWave (Glucose Wave) non-invasive monitoring system.
Waintraub’s wife has it so too does a cousin of Zur.īoth men recognized the potential of wave technology in diabetes care, and they reached out to two of their friends with complementary business and marketing experiences with high-tech startups: Brigadier General Bentzi Gruber and his wife, New York-born Taire Rubin. Both men have something else is common: their families have been touched by diabetes. Waintraub approached a longtime friend, retired Major General Guy Zur, who also has a background in mechanical engineering. With a PhD in physics and electronics and expertise in RF wave technology, Dr. Waintraub, who found a tempest in a tea spill. No more invasions, however minimal, of your body.Ī noninvasive technology – a magical wave – was considered the Holy Grail of daily diabetes management, a true disruptive technology, but the researchers could not make it work. No more devices attached to your abdomen or arm for a continuous glucose monitor ( CGM). No more finger pricks for a glucose meter. The advantages of such a technology, if developed, were obvious: These efforts centered on an electronic wave that could penetrate the skin, measure blood sugar, and report the number on a reader. It was responding to the sugar in the tea, and therein began a quest for a revolutionary technology in diabetes care.įor decades, researchers have sought to develop a noninvasive method to measure blood glucose levels for people with diabetes. Gerry Waintraub was conducting an experiment in his home laboratory in the Israeli city of Haifa when he spilled his cup of tea on a radio frequency device, and the system’s monitor lit up. Learn about the origins of this technology, its early success, and what this could mean for people with diabetes.įour years ago, Dr. One company in Israel now has such a device in development. For decades, researchers have sought to develop a noninvasive method to measure blood glucose levels, which – if effective – could revolutionize diabetes care.
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