(Lund, SWEDEN) - BrainLit AB, a Swedish health tech lighting company, continues to expand its patented BioCentric Lighting
TM (BCL) solution for individual health and wellbeing. During the past year, the company has developed and launched two new product lines, BrainLit UVen and BrainLit Alven, and a recently completed new share issue together with three new additions to the Company’s Board of Directors strengthens the company’s resources for international sales and the accelerated development of BCL-based services and technologies.
Today, over 25,000 people spend their days in BrainLit s BioCentric Lighting environments. BrainLit UVen, which several customers have already purchased, uses safe and patented UVC radiation to eliminate viruses and pathogens from both the air and surfaces. BrainLit Alven, which is a free-standing system, delivers personal BioCentric Lighting to professional work environments and nursing homes, but also to home offices.
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Elders in skilled nursing facilities spend most of their time indoors. However, the need for healthy light increases with age as the pupil gets smaller and the eyeâs lens thickens, requiring even more light. Older people need more intensive light to aid vision and, more importantly, to stimulate their diurnal rhythm, a biological rhythm harmonized with the cycle of day and night.
The need for healthy lighting
Inadequate lighting in nursing facilities increases the risk of a fall by 1.5 times, resulting in hip fractures and head injuries. It also triggers a vicious circle of immobility and sleep problems that cause many older people to experience periods of depression, irritation and bad temper. And those with Alzheimerâs Disease and related dementias experience increased agitation and nighttime restlessness from a lack of natural light exposure, to name just a few issues.Â
New study finds that Americans believe daylight is essential to their wellbeing, yet they spend most of their time indoors
National survey of U.S. adults reveals need for natural light indoors to improve body, mind, and spirit
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NEW YORK, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ A majority (83%) of Americans believe that exposure to natural daylight is critical to their good health, according to a new survey. Yet the findings come at a time when Americans increasingly spend most of their time inside, underscoring the need for technologies that can simulate daylight indoors.
BrainLit, a health tech lighting company, commissioned the survey of 1,331 U.S. adults 18 years and older in May 2021 to gauge opinions around light as it pertains to health and workplace issues. The study revealed that 83% of respondents agree that natural daylight is important for good health, affecting things such as sleep cycles, mental focus, and worker producti