WO2007071092A1 - Sonde de glucose sanguin basée sur la spectroscopie de réflexion ou de transmission à des fréquences dans la région térahertzienne et au delà de la région térahertzienne - Google Patents

Sonde de glucose sanguin basée sur la spectroscopie de réflexion ou de transmission à des fréquences dans la région térahertzienne et au delà de la région térahertzienne Download PDF

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WO2007071092A1
WO2007071092A1 PCT/CH2006/000716 CH2006000716W WO2007071092A1 WO 2007071092 A1 WO2007071092 A1 WO 2007071092A1 CH 2006000716 W CH2006000716 W CH 2006000716W WO 2007071092 A1 WO2007071092 A1 WO 2007071092A1
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    • G01N21/3581Investigating relative effect of material at wavelengths characteristic of specific elements or molecules, e.g. atomic absorption spectrometry using infrared light using far infrared light; using Terahertz radiation

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  • the invention relates to a non-invasive blood glucose sensor.
  • Diabetes is a disease of growing consequence.
  • a 2002 survey found that there were approximately 150 million diabetics in the world and it is estimated that there will be as many as 300 mil- lion by 2025. According to the American Diabetes Association, there are 16 million individuals in the U.S. who have diabetes.
  • the FDA has approved only one truly non-invasive blood glucose monitoring device: The GlucoWatch G2 Biographer, manufactured by Cygnus Inc., approved to detect glu- cose level trends and track patterns in people with diabetes (it must be used along with conventional blood glucose monitoring of blood samples) .
  • the device which looks like a wristwatch, pulls body fluid (interstitial fluid) from the skin using small electric currents . It can provide six measurements per hour for 13 hours.
  • the Medtronic MiniMed also FDA approved, involves placing a subcutaneous sensor and then having this interface with a remote-readable 'black box' . This is not truly non-invasive, does not provide continuous measurements, works only for 3 days, and needs to be used with a docking station to read-out.
  • Medtronic MiniMed uses a subcutaneously placed probe and runs for 3 days.
  • a wristwatch-style device from Glucon Inc. uses tiny lasers that resonate with blood glucose to pro- prise ultrasound and give 24-hour measurements (photo-acoustic: origin Tel Aviv University: US patent granted Feb. 2005 for "the use of photoacoustic waves originating in the blood vessel to calculate the concentration of glucose in the blood vessel") . Also important is the location or measurement of blood volume to be able to measure concentration.
  • Glucon "uses the acoustics e- lement to localize measured volume inside a blood vessel, as well as removing the influence of the outer layers of the skin, and the optics element provides the specificity to glucose by using several light wavelengths" . It claims to be as accurate as skin pricking, and is in the process of clinical trials and approval by the FDA. Launch ⁇ 2008, anticipated price >$1700.
  • Hitachi has determined that it is possible to compute the level of blood sugar by measuring parameters such as the thermal energy generated by metabolic reactions, the level of oxygen saturation of hemoglobin, and blood flow.
  • the device is undergoing clinical testing to support a premarket submission to the FDA and the Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Plans call for the device to go on sale in 2005, subject to regulatory approval .
  • GlucoStats System (Singapore) have non-invasive IR probes: currently undergoing clinical trials.
  • the present invention is characterized in that it combines the use of terahertz radiation and the use of infra-red radiation for detecting blood glucose and measuring its concentration by means of a multi-frequency radiation analysis, the radiation be- ing measured in reflected mode as well as potentially in transmitted and absorptive modes . It thus provides a more accurate reading than that possible with the use of any narrower frequency band such as IR or terahertz alone.
  • terahertz radiation alone for detecting blood glucose is, rather surprisingly, not immediately identifiable in the EPO database. However this is not considered to be novel, since two companies have been identified which have targeted terahertz radiation as a means of detecting blood glucose.
  • Spire 1 S quantum cascade laser device consists of hundreds of nanometer-thick gallium arsenide-based layers. Terahertz radia- tion has wavelengths that are longer than visible and infrared, but shorter than microwaves, and may be the only radiation source that can separate glucose from other substances .
  • Spire ' s terahertz quantum cascade laser instrument eliminates the need to draw blood samples by finger pricking . Thus , Spire ' s painless, non-invasive method of glucose detection using terahertz radiation may encourage diabetics to monitor their blood sugar levels more frequently' .
  • Spire will synthesize a number of phantom samples containing various glucose concentrations, as well as samples containing potentially competing species such as sucrose and fructose, and measure their optical characteristics with terahertz radiation.
  • the terahertz measurements will be carried out with the assistance of Dr. Tatiana Globus, Research Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia, at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. Terahertz devices will be incorporated into a demonstration glucose monitoring instrument during Phase II of the development project' .
  • Teraview (Cambridge, UK) also has aspira- tions towards using terahertz radiation for non-invasive blood glucose sensing, but it has made no recent announcements (since 2002) on this. Teraview has some 31 patents, but none specifically mentions x blood' or 'glucose' .
  • That blood glucose has a distinctive IR spectrum is known from recent work in Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy by Yaochun Shen at the Cavendish Laboratories, University of Cambridge .
  • FTIR Fourier-transform infrared
  • the project developed infrared assays for the biomedical analysis of blood samples by mid-IR spectroscopy to determine blood glucose, cholesterol, urea, total protein, triglycerides and creatinine, but not similar analysis means in- corporating teraHertz measurements.
  • Infra-red light emitting diodes capable of emitting different frequencies of infra-red radiation.
  • Terahertz light-emitting-diodes capable of emitting different frequencies of terahertz radiation.
  • Terahertz emission is capable of penetrating skin non-invasively to register subcutaneous structures.
  • the advantage utilized in the present invention is a small, cheap emitter device (LED type) , hitherto not achieved: it is tuneable, by magnetic field, and thus able to scan across a range of frequencies .
  • LED type emitter device
  • 4.) The knowledge of the 'signature' spectrum on glucose and other components of interest in the terahertz region and how these can be distinguished from other blood component spectra.
  • Multi-frequency scanning analysis technology which is capable of being trained to look for 'signatures' of specific compounds in the IR-to-microwave spectrum (and beyond) . This has been used in the IR and the microwave region for various uses including the detection of CJD prions in blood supplies, and in the IR to UV region for imaging historic documents such as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Multi-frequency scanning in the terahertz region (alone) has been used for explosives and prohibited substances detection: it has not hitherto been used in combination with other non-terahertz frequencies for blood glucose or other blood component detection.
  • the technology involves the testing of samples with different frequencies / wavelengths of radiation, measuring (or imaging) the reflected signal digitally, and then combining these digital data to provide a composite where the presence or absence of a signal is dependant upon data taken at more than one frequency / wavelength.
  • Patentable features claimed are the particular components, frequencies and algorithms used.
  • This method can be made into a hand-held home-use product containing at least IR and terahertz LED emitters, a reflective multi-frequency sensor, and appropriate detection software.
  • a device can in principle be used for continuous use if appropriately configured as a wristwatch- or similar type device. Such a device could be used in conjunction with other monitoring systems .

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L’invention concerne une méthode pour mesurer la concentration de composants sanguins tel que, mais non limités au glucose sanguin de manière non envahissante qui consiste à employer la mesure et l’analyse de spectres qui incluent, mais non limités aux spectres de réflectance dans au moins les régions infrarouge et térahertzienne du spectre électromagnétique, dans chaque cas dans une fourchette de fréquences, ou à au moins plusieurs fréquences significatives.
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