3B Medical’s Lumin receives authorization
By HME News Staff
Updated 10:10 AM CST, Thu December 10, 2020
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – 3B Medical announced on Dec. 3 that it has received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for health care workers to use its Lumin to sanitize and reuse N95 respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company designed the Lumin to use ultraviolet light to sanitize CPAP accessories, but it’s a multi-use sanitizer. “Being able to reuse an N95 mask quickly and effortlessly is a game changer for allowing health care workers to remain safe,” said Alex Lucio, CEO of 3B Medical. “Lumin is fast and easy to use, and we are glad the device could be repurposed to meet that need in this crisis.” The authorization follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recognition of ultraviolet light as a potential means of decontaminating N95 respirators, if the proper wavelength and irradiance dose is used. Ultraviolet light was reportedly first used to decontaminate N95 respirators during the pandemic by the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
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