• An accessible solution for

    self-monitoring of blood glucose

Glucose sensors with electrochromic display

XGLU is the first product on the market that combines glucose sensors with an electrochromic display. The result is an affordable monitoring solution glucose monitoring in a credit card-like handheld format.

No bulky meters anymore

For diabetics, XGLU eliminates the need to own a blood glucose meter and purchase test strips in bulk on an ongoing basis. This is a benefit not only for patients but also for healthcare systems that can deploy our solution as a part of diabetes screening programs.

First solution for low-frequency measuring patients

Current solutions on market and in development focus on type I patients who make up 6% of all diabetes patients. Our solution is intended for the rest, where current solutions are inaccessible.

Our experience

Our team spent many years in development and manufacturing of both medical devices and industrial electronics. From the idea through prototype, certification and production scale-up to distribution.

XGLU in media

Microsoft Imagine Cup 2017

XGLU won the 2017 Microsoft Imagine Cup with an innovative concept for children with diabetes.
blogs.microsoft.com

IoT Future Hub 2018

The cloud enabled solution for diabetes patients won the Vodafone Iot Future Hub among 100 teams from Europe.
www.vodafone.cz

Endojoystick - ergonomic aid for medical doctors

Medical doctors performing endoscopy suffer from muskuloskeletal diseases. Our solution called Endojoystick solves this problem.
www.seznamzpravy.cz

Some of our success stories

Endojoystick - changing the endoscopy

Launched2021-present

The product is intended for medical doctors who perform endoscopic procedures. The Endojoystick reduces pain connected with prolonged use of the endoscope and improves precision of movements. The project is based on an idea of our friend who is an experienced endoscopist. The XGLU did the rest - development, tooling, production and now distributes the product across Europe. The device is based on injection-molded parts from high-performance thermoplastic composites and CNC machined titanum and aluminium parts. To this day, it has a stellar track record - 0 premature failures after more than 5000 procedures.

Disposable glucose meter

In development, patented2018-present

Our main research activity - development of a disposable glucose meter - solves the self-monitoring problem in both developing and developed world. In developing countries, the market penetration with blood glucose meters is minimal while in developed countries, glucose meters do not get to the low-frequency patients because of high associated cost with their placement. The result is a device with several biosensors with a custom electrochromic display which drastically reduces the barrier of entry to self-monitoring to under 1 USD. For this product, we have developed a low-cost (< 0.005 USD/sqcm) non-toxic biodegradable electrochromic display which is the basis of the product. Patent pending worldwide (WO2020207514A1), patented in Czech Republic (CZ308359B6), international applications filed in EU, USA, EAPO, India.

VoiceGlu glucose meter

In development2018-present

In cooperation with "Czech Blind United" (SONS z.s.) and Preciosa Foundation, we developed a working prototype of a new glucose meter for Czech visually-impaired diabetes patients and elderly patients. The glucose meter has voice output in Czech language which was specifically designed by patients for patients. We are now looking for financial partners to put the solution to the market.

Custom research equipment for controlled cell growth

Delivered2017 - now

In 2017, a customer from academia sent us an inquiry about the design of a research instrument to be used in a 24/7 experiment based on cell growth under strictly controlled atmosphere. The customer wanted to develop a more economical solution than to purchase an incubator with the option of controlled atmosphere. The right choice of materials was crucial to achieve both sufficiently low gas leakage and very low off-gassing at the same time. XGLU designed, developed and manufactured the devices for the customer. Around 10 of these devices are employed in a 24/7 operation to this day.

Meet the core team

Jiří Štráberger

CEO

Marek Novák, Ph.D.

Head of R&D

Ludovít Emanuel

Business development

Viktor Emanuel

Business consultant

Get in Touch

Feel Free to Drop Us a Line