New Delhi- Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have patented a cost-effective, user-friendly, and minimally invasive glucose monitoring device for diabetes patients, officials said on Wednesday.

The device aims to make diabetes monitoring more comfortable, accessible, and affordable, while ensuring high standards of accuracy and reliability, they said.

It was developed by researchers from the institute’s Electronic Materials and Thin Films Lab, led by Professor Parasuraman Swaminathan.

According to the Indian Council of Medical Research–India Diabetes (ICMR INDIAB) study published in 2023, India has 10.1 crore people living with diabetes.

The most common method used for glucose monitoring is self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG), which requires multiple fi

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