Hwasun Jeonnam National University Hospital Launches Development of 'AI Non-Invasive Blood Glucose Monitoring Sensor'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital is developing a sensor that can measure blood sugar without blood drawing by combining artificial intelligence (AI) technology.

Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital announced on the 13th that the project "Development of a Non-Blood Drawing Blood Sugar Measurement Sensor Combining Optical Waveguide Array Lattice and Artificial Intelligence Technology," led by the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Professors Oh Kyung-jin (Urology) and Park Joo-heon (Department of Laboratory Medicine), was recently selected as a task under the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' "Small and Medium Enterprise Innovation Development Project."

Accordingly, it will receive 500 million KRW in research funding over the next two years.

The project leader is Biomedical Engineer Jeong Jang-sik of Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital, who is also appointed as an evaluator for the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' research and development (R&D) projects.

This R&D project involves Hwasun Chonnam National University Hospital, Hera Photonics Co., Ltd., and the Korea Photonics Technology Institute.

The field of non-blood drawing blood sugar measurement sensors is very promising for global market entry, as there are about 500 million diabetes patients worldwide and the healthcare wearable device sector is rapidly growing.

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