Google cooperates with DexCom company for the production of very small devices for patients with diabetes

"Dix com" the US company specializing in the production levels of sugar monitoring devices in the blood annonced , on Tuesday for a partnership with Google to help them develop small devices size, and after only two days of the recent announcement of a major restructuring and the launch of the company "Olfabt" which will include all of its work.

The "Dix com" that diabetic patients in the world can afford now to 387 million, and the number is expected to reach 600 million by 2035, and noted that diabetes can lead to situations that threaten the patient's life, such as heart disease, which is a health epidemics disturbing to the planet, according to the expression.

It uses a lot of diabetic patients from the first and second types devices around the world, such as those produced by the company "Dix com", to get the visions of the vessels to monitor blood sugar levels, including data can be sent directly to the smartphone that. Thus, patients can accurately decide a dose of insulin or not.

At the present time, it instilled sensors diabetes in blood levels in the skin, but with the help of Google in the field of micro-electronic research, hopes to "Dix com" in the construction of very small devices the size of wound dressings characterized as cheap and affordable.

She explained, "Dix com" that Google will get the shares have a value of US $ 35 million as stock dividends, in addition to $ 65 million in cash or shares, and between 5 to 9% of devices value in the event of revenue achieved higher than the $ 750 million after put on the market.

It is noteworthy that Google's experience in the field of blood sugar control comes from the "Google X" GoogleX, an arm of the company Research Laboratory developed contact lenses using a very small electronics and sensors Diabetes measure glucose levels in tears patient.

Google and "Dix com"  hopes to take advantage of this experience in the building and then connect small-scale sugar measuring devices automatically cloud, allowing the participation of the data that is collected easily with any device or platform connected to the Internet.

Expects "Dix com" launch of the first product from this collaboration in the market over the next three years, in addition to other devices in the next five years.