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PRECISION NEEDLE  GUIDANCE DESIGNED FOR EPIDURAL PROCEDURES.

The Bright Point Solution

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Real-Time Visual Guidance

Designed 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.

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Works with Current Method

Device is an addition to, not a replacement for, the manual (unguided) Loss of Resistance (LOR) method currently used by anesthesiologists. It does not require any changes to the LOR method.

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Full Day Charge

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

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Reusable Handheld Controller

 A low cost, easy to use device composed of a reusable handheld controller plus a single use, disposable fiber optic light channel designed to fit in the lumen of existing epidural needles.

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Works with Syringes

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.

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Works with Modern Devices

The controller looks similar to and is priced similar to a high-end smart phone. The controller can also connect via Bluetooth to display the results on any other device such as a laptop or tablet.

The Bright Point Solution

 

The lumoptik device is an addition to, not a replacement for, the manual (unguided) Loss of Resistance (LOR) method currently used by anesthesiologists. It does not require any changes to the LOR method and works with the current needles and syringes.

The BrightPoint™ Epidural system is

Designed to Meet
Market Needs

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

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.

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

Designed to provide a visual secondary confirmation of LOR.

BrightPoint™ operates based on the changes in light reflection from different tissue types at the tip of the needle. The color of the tissue at the tip of the needle is shown on the controller screen along with a scrolling line graph of the relative reflectance of the tissue at the tip of the needle—the line moves to the bottom of the chart for darker tissue and top of the chart for lighter tissue.

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

As the tip of the needle penetrates into different tissue (skin, fat, muscle, connective, ligamentum flavum and epidural space) the reflection changes providing the physician with real-time information on the location of the tip of the needle. Upon penetrating the ligamentum flavum and entering in to the epidural space, the reflection makes a distinct change from the whitish ligament color to the blackish reflection of the epidural space. On the controller screen, the tissue color will show the change from white ligament to the dark epidural space and the scrolling line chart will show a significant drop from the high reflectance of the white ligament to the low reflectance of the dark epidural space.

Platform Technology

The Bright Point technology has multiple high-value medical uses beyond epidural procedures. These uses include:

  • Urology catheter placement

  • Orthopedic access for pedicle screws and other procedures

  • Vascular access

  • Cardiac catheter introduction

  • Ophthalmic treatments

  • Veterinary use

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