A Glucose Monitoring System With Remote Data Access

IEEE Trans Nanobioscience. 2020 Oct;19(4):622-626. doi: 10.1109/TNB.2020.3002453. Epub 2020 Jun 15.

Abstract

A cost-effective portable glucose monitoring system with remote data access based on a novel e-oscilloscope was developed using a glucose biofuel cell and a capacitor circuit interfaced to an ESP8266 microcontroller programmed to convert the charge/discharge rates of the capacitor functioning as a transducer. The capacitor charge/discharge rates were converted into glucose concentration readings that is monitored remotely. The glucose monitoring system comprise a glucose biofuel cell, a charge pump circuit, a capacitor and an ESP microcontroller. The anode was fabricated by modifying a gold microwire with nanoporous colloidal platinum (Au-co-Pt) and the cathode was constructed using a mesh dense network of multiwalled carbon nanotubes modified with bilirubin oxidase, respectively. The glucose monitoring system showed sensitivity of 1.18 Hz/mM · cm2 with a correlation coefficient of 0.9939 with increasing glucose concentration from 1 mM to 25 mM. In addition, the glucose monitoring system exhibited optimal operation at a pH of 7.4 and 37 °C, which is ideal for physiological glucose monitoring.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Bioelectric Energy Sources*
  • Biosensing Techniques / instrumentation*
  • Electrodes
  • Equipment Design
  • Glucose / analysis*
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry
  • Wireless Technology / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Glucose