Meta Materials Inc. announced the conclusion of a 27-month long project to develop a non-invasive glucose sensing prototype, which combined radio wave and optical sensors to improve accuracy in predicting glucose level changes. The developed biosensing prototype is a critical step towards a "Home Hub" system targeted at monitoring biological parameters. The project was supported with about £911,000 (USD 1.25 Million) from Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, a non-departmental public body funded by a grant-in-aid from the UK government. This collaborative effort took place in the UK and involved four partners: META (via its wholly owned UK subsidiary, Medical Wireless Sensing Ltd.), The Imagination Factory, Virtual Clinic Direct, and Brunel Innovation Centre. During the project, several prototypes of the system were developed, designed for use by diabetes patients in point of care settings such as homes and clinics. The system consists of a "Home Hub" along with a wearable element for overnight trend monitoring. It uses multiwavelength biosensing technology, which combines optical and radio wave sensors along with machine learning processing. The project demonstrated in a laboratory environment that the system improves the accuracy in predicting glucose level changes, compared to using standalone sensors. Preliminary results of the project, using an early prototype system, were published in the journal Sensors, which may also be found on META's website under Applications /Medical Applications. The novel multiwavelength biosensing technology is protected with two patent applications filed in 2021 and extends the previous research work on this topic resulting in a total of 5 patent families, comprising 11 international patents (4 granted, 7 pending). To measure glucose non-invasively, glucoWISE® transmits signals through the web of skin between the thumb and forefinger. During previous published human studies, wearable metamaterial films have been demonstrated to help boost these signals by up to 240%, significantly enhancing the accuracy of the system. The team aims to continue the development and is in discussions with strategic partners who can accelerate the commercialization. The Company also envisions glucoWISE® technology built into a variety of form factors such as a discrete, pocket-sized, portable device, which will be paired with a smartphone App and cloud-based software support. META's core wearable metamaterial signal boosting technology can be applied to MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and brain medical imaging as well as other medical sensing applications. To see a concept animation of the META glucoWISE® Home Hub system,refer to the META website under Applications /Medical Applications /Non-Invasive Glucose Monitoring.