Lumos

Mission

Needs

In many surgical procedures, doctors lack proper lighting, which increases the difficulty of operations, thus augmenting the chances for making a mistake like cutting into tissue or severing a blood vessel. With tens of millions of surgeries performed yearly in the US alone, the need to improve surgical visibility is crucial to enhance a surgeon’s precision.

Currently, surgeons depend on the support from overhead lights and head lamps, but these still do not provide adequate lighting as the surgeon can block the light path with their body and incision sites may be at awkward angles that limit light exposure from these devices.

LUMOS OFFERS SURGEONS WITH OPTIMAL LIGHTING TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE VISIBILITY DURING SURGERIES AND IMPROVE PATIENT OUTCOME.

Product

Device Overview

Our device incorpotates a multipcolored light with a yankauer suction device in order to provide a surgeon with additional lighting during procedures. This is accomplished by linking an external light source to a yankauer through an optical fiber. In this way, there is a reuable light source paired with a disposable yankauer tip. Both parts have optical fibers attached to them which can in turn be connected by an adapter that we designed. A schematic of this setup is shown in Figure 2.

Testing

To test our device we used a photometer to measure power readings for the light output of our device. Measurements were taken both directly from the light source and from the end of the optical fiber and are shwon in Figure 3. These measurements differ from wavelength to wavelength, but there is about a 90% loss in light intensity from the laser to the end of the optical fiber. This should not be an issue however, as the area of light produced at the end of the optical fiber provides a well lit region for a surgeon to visualize.

Light Intensity

Market potential

The current market size for surgical illumination devices is 886.3 , million dollars. The market growth rate has been anticipated to grow by the rate of 3.89% per year in the next decade; ultimately reaching 993.8 million dollar market size in 2020.

Bussiness model

Lumos Pricing Breakdown Table

Key Resources

Our key resources include medical device manufacturers, private and public health practitioners, and hospital vendors.

Revenue Streams

Lumos will target hospitals to an easier to use lighting device that integrates well with their current use of surgery tools. An increase in revenue will come from the portability of our alternate device that allows users to easily access it whenever it is needed

Channels

Our channels will include relationships with hospitals & hospital vendors, particularly surgeon through our experienced marketing team.

Competitors

Lumos competitors Table

There is an array of competitors in our market as the need to provide visibility conveniently during surgery continues to be an issue. Moving beyond headlamps and flashlights are competitors such as the Invuity PhotonSaber and the OneTrac product line. These devices also serve as single use illuminating suction devices. The major drawback is their bulkiness and price. While the PhotonSaber has a very nice handle, this type of design adds another layer of pricing. The OneTrac has an added benefit of being cordless and thus easier to use. The drawback is it’s extreme bulkiness and price. The pricing from the company put the OneTrac LX at $250. This type of pricing is 100 times more expensive than the range of our illuminating suction device which is expected to fall between $2.00 - $10.00.

Team

Jessica Cheng

Jessica is a biomedical engineer with a background in microfluidics. Jessica is proficient in Mammalian cell culture and patterning, microfluidic device fabrication, and CAD design. As the team leader of Lumos, Jessica is in charge of tracking project operations and organizing documents of our design. She is also heavily involved in developing CAD designs of the suction device.
Email: jiangnic@uci.edu

Micah Lim

Micah is a fourth year biomedical engineering student with experience in 3D printing and 3D design. As the prototype engineer of Lumos, Micah is involved with manufacturing and prototyping designed pieces for testing.
Email: micahl3@uci.edu

Adreinne Lee

Adriene is a fourth year student studying biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering. Adrienne is familiar with rapid prototyping techniques through her work at the Applied Innovation Lab. She serves as a manufacturer of Lumos responsible for assembling prototyped pieces together and testing the final product.
Email: adrientl@uci.edu

Omar Nava

Omar is a fourth year biomedical engineering student with experience in prototyping and Quality Engineering. As the designer of Lumos, Omar is in charge of the design aspects of the team, such as creating logos and videos. He is also heavily involved in creating a business model of our product.
Email: ojnava@uci.edu

Deniz Nikkhah

Deniz is a fourth year biomedical engineering student with experience in Solidworks and prototyping. As the manufacturer of Lumos, Deniz’s primary goal is to build an electrical circuit for the light source.
Email: dnikkhah@uci.edu

Yuting Wu

Yuting is a fourth year student studying biomedical engineering. Yuting is familiar with vivo calcium imaging and neuroanatomy through her work in Dr. Xu’s Neuroscience Lab. As the business advisor of Lumos, she is involved in the company’s finances and marketing.
Email: yutinw7@uci.edu

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