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Know Labs (NYSE:KNW) announced today that it received a new patent equating its diagnostic technology to the current glucose monitoring standard.

Seattle-based Know Labs develops the Bio-RFID technology. It uses spectroscopy to direct electromagnetic energy through a substance or material to capture a unique molecular signature. It integrate into wearable, mobile or bench-top form factors. The first application of the technology comes in the form of a non-invasive glucose monitor.

The company’s new patent equates the technology to mean absolute relative difference, or MARD. This standard, used by diabetes researchers and glucose meter makers, establishes a range of clinical accuracy. Know Labs said the patent expands its IP portfolio to nearly 90 patents issued and pending.

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