Abstract:

The clinical method of blood glucose measurement at present is extracting blood from the patients, which is based on the principle of biochemical reaction. This invasive methord is painful, susceptible and discontinuous. To deal with these problems, we focus on a non-invasive way on the strength of the photoplethysmography detection theory by irradiating the finger with two beams of near infrared lights of 805 nm and 940 nm. The wave of 805 nm is sensitive to glucose, while the 940 nm one acts as the reference. By processing the information of the blood glucose extracted from the transmitted lights, the blood glucose value can be calculated.Experiments have convinced that the continuous non-invasive blood glucose measurement can be achieved.

Key words: photoplethysmography, near-infrared light, non-invasive, dual-wavelength, blood glucose measurement