In 2010, life and business partners, Leti and Ken, hired a Cal Tech Engineer specialized in LED technology, to develop an LED red light medical device for pain relief.

Leti, an industrial designer, and successful e-commerce specialist had recently lost a young cousin to a heart attack, brought on by years of high dose prescription drug therapy used to treat severe juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. She wanted to brand and market this drug-free device to as many pain sufferers as possible.

Ken, a pain sufferer himself, had worked in the pharmaceutical industry for years and was very impressed with this evidence-based technology that could treat pain without the usual side effects of medication. Together they knew that with her expertise in product design and e-commerce, and Ken’s healthcare knowledge, they could build a brand and an internet-based distribution system that would bring these great products directly to pain sufferers everywhere. It was the beginning of Lumina Group.

Scientific evidence showed the latest high power LEDs were just as effective for pain management as some expensive laser machines, only safer!

Once the first product, the Tendlite, was FDA cleared in October 2010, the couple needed to see for themselves how good the product really was before branding it and bringing it to market. They brought it to doctors, trainers, athletes, and everyday pain sufferers to see if this device was able to produce the same results as science researchers were finding in their labs. Fortunately, the feedback was tremendous. People really saw incredible improvement in pain, and they saw it fast, without drug side effects!