Product Design to Meet Market Needs

Based on the feedback from clinicians in the market research focus groups the Lumoptik BrightPoint™ system has been designed with the following features and benefits:

• Operates by sending light signals through a fiber optic in the epidural needle and on to the tissue at the tip of the needle—Different tissues return different reflected light patterns allowing the anesthesiologist to see when they have passed from one tissue type to another. Designed to provide a visual secondary confirmation of LOR.

• It works with the Loss of Resistance method—it actually requires Loss of Resistance with sterile saline for the light to travel to and from the tip of the needle

• It works with the current epidural needles and plastic or glass syringes that the anesthesiologist is comfortable using. There is no need to change to a different needle or syringe.

• The controller will work for a full day without a recharge and will be useable over a minimum two-year period with thousands of uses

• The controller can connect via Bluetooth to display the results on any other device such as a laptop or tablet.

• Both the controller and the disposable are purposely low price for a medical device

• The controller looks similar to and is priced similar to a high-end smart phone.

• The system is easy to use and has a short learning curve.