Lumenate Medical provides a catheter‑based cystoscopy system that enables non‑urologist clinicians such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners to capture bladder images at the point of care. The device includes built‑in guidance and allows board‑certified urologists to review images asynchronously, delivering diagnostic results in days instead of months and expanding access to early bladder cancer screening.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Bladder cancer is most treatable when detected early, but screening requires cystoscopy performed by urologists who are concentrated in limited locations, leading to long wait times and geographic barriers for many patients.
Solution
Lumenate Medical offers a point‑of‑care bladder cancer screening system that enables non‑urologist clinicians, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners, to perform cystoscopy using a catheter‑based device with built‑in image guidance. Captured images are uploaded and reviewed asynchronously by board‑certified urologists, allowing diagnostic results to be returned within days instead of months. This workflow expands access to screening, reduces patient out‑of‑pocket costs, and frees urologists to focus on higher‑complexity procedures. By delivering earlier diagnoses, the solution also lowers overall payer expenditures associated with later‑stage disease treatment.
Target Audience
Primary customers are community health practices, urgent care centers, and primary care clinics that employ physician assistants or nurse practitioners and seek to provide on‑site bladder cancer screening.
Features
- Catheter‑based cystoscope designed for use by clinicians with minimal training
- Integrated guidance system that ensures acquisition of diagnostically relevant images
- Secure cloud platform for asynchronous image upload and storage
- Remote review interface for board‑certified urologists to assess images on their schedule
- Rapid turnaround of screening results, typically delivered within days
- Workflow that reduces the need for specialist‑center visits and associated travel costs