The inventors took a simple observation as their starting point : light therapy boxes are effective but inconvenient. They are static and soon end up in the attic.
They therefore tried to develop a light therapy device that can be used on-the-move, allowing users to carry out their normal activities without losing a second of light. The device had to be just as effective but also more convenient !
The Luminette came out in 2006 after 4 years of research at the University of Liege (Belgium). It is the result of collaboration between two fields of research : sleep medicine and optical physics.
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Professor Robert Poirrier is a neurologist and the director of the sleep laboratory of the University Hospital of Liege. He is a leading specialist in Belgium in sleep-wake patterns. He has contributed to the publication of over 50 clinical studies.
Doctor Yvon Renotte is a physicist and former director of the optics laboratory at the University of Liege. He is a leading specialist in the field of optical physics and photonics.
Doctor Vincent Moreau has a PhD in physics. He is specialised in optical physics and aerospace engineering.
Doctor Gilles Vandewalle is Research Fellow at the FNRS (the Belgian National Foundation for Scientific Research). He specialises in the study of sleep-wake mechanisms. He is also very well acquainted with the impact of light on awakening and cognition.
Dr. Daniel Neu is the Director of the sleep laboratory and the chronobiology unit of CHU Brugmann (ULB / VUB). He has published about 40 articles and produced more than 60 scientific papers in international conferences in the areas of sleep and chronobiology and clinical neuroscience. Dr. Neu also actively involved in the teaching of sleep medicine.
We are proud of the fact that the Luminette is 100% Belgian !
The Luminette was conceived and designed by the very creative studio Design Inov at Villers-le Bouillet.
It is assembled at Connectgroup at Ypres, a firm which specialises in the manufacture of medical products.
