Our Mission
Bring light to the blind epidural procedures using innovative technology to provide real-time visual guidance for training procedures with the aim to reduce the number of training procedures, reduce complications and increase successful procedures.
Our Story
Lumoptik, Inc is a medical device company that has developed the BrightPoint™ needle guidance system to assist physicians with needle placement during epidural procedures for childbirth, spine/back pain and surgical procedures such as knee and hip replacements.
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Over 11 million epidural procedures are performed in the US each year. The large majority of these procedures are performed free hand by physicians with no mechanical or electronic needle guidance. Complications are common.
Management Team
Scientific Advisory Board
Salim Michel Hayek, MD, PhD
Dr. Hayek is Chief, Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology at UH Case Medical Center, and Professor, Anesthesiology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He's a nationally and internationally recognized interventional pain specialist with extensive experience in epidural access for pain injections and neuromodulation.
Dr. Hayek, a graduate of American University in Beirut, was awarded his doctorate at Case Western Reserve University and received his post-graduate training in anesthesiology and pain medicine at UH Case Medical Center and Cleveland Clinic.
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He currently serves on the Medical Advisory Board at Boston Scientific, Neuromodulation Division, and as a consultant at Janssen, Great Batch/QIG, Medtronic and Globus Medical.
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He is a principal investigator in a number of National Institutes of Health and industry-sponsored research projects, and a frequent guest speaker and moderator at scientific seminars throughout the world.
Leonardo Kapural, MD, PhD
Dr. Kapural is a Clinical Director at Wake Forest University Health Sciences Chronic Pain Center, Carolinas Pain Institute and Center for Clinical Research, and a Professor of Anesthesiology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
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His expertise includes the diagnosis and treatment of discogenic low back pain, visceral abdominal pain, and spinal cord and peripheral nerve stimulation. Dr. Kapural graduated from the University of Zagreb and School of Medicine in the Republic of Croatia, and received his specialty training at McGill University, the University of Connecticut and the Cleveland Clinic.
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His noteworthy research findings have been published in myriad journal articles, abstracts and book chapters. He is listed by his peers in the Best Doctors in America and is an invited speaker to many national and international meetings.
Notable Milestones
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Physician Focus Groups
Lumoptik conducted 3 physician focus groups with 21 anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists before developing the Bright Point technology.
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Hospital Teaching Programs
Lumoptik plans to introduce BrightPoint™ through hospital teaching programs. There are approximately 1,170 teaching hospitals in the US. This represents about 21% of the total hospitals in the US.
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FDA Submission Testing
Bright Point has moved past the prototype stage and is now beginning to manufacture devices for FDA submission testing, conducted multiple animal studies proving the device works, filed a patent to protect the intellectual property (more are planned) and hired an experienced medical device CEO to guide the company.