Apple Watch continuous glucose monitoring CGM
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Apple reportedly believes it could shake up the CGM market with non-invasive glucose monitoring through the Apple Watch.

Blooomberg reported that the company has a “moonshot-style” project in the works, according to “sources familiar with the matter.” The report said the tech giant still has years ahead in this development of the technology, which wouldn’t penetrate the skin.

The initial technology, per the report, comes in the form of a prototype device (around the size of an iPhone) strapped to the bicep. Bloomberg says Apple’s overall goal remains to bring this technology to the Apple Watch.

However, such an offering could change the landscape of a market dominated by technology that users insert into their skin.  Fingersticks — needles for pricking blood samples to measure glucose levels — were, for a long time, the standard.

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