THE PROBLEM
Three blind spots in how joint disease is seen today.
Joint inflammation operates on three time scales. None of them are currently visible to standard care. We spoke to 50 patients, rheumatologists, and field experts. This is what they showed us.
ACT 01 · DIAGNOSIS
Years lost in plain sight.
Three patient journeys from our customer discovery interviews.
3 in 4 patients reported a difficult or delayed path to diagnosis.
LumiJoint customer discovery · 50 interviews
ACT 02 · EXAMINATION
The same day. Different exams.
What a rheumatologist sees depends on when they look.
A representative day from customer discovery
A REPRESENTATIVE DAY · PATIENT AND RHEUMATOLOGIST
same patient. same day. a few hours apart.
What a doctor sees depends on the time of day
APPOINTMENT TIME
afternoon · disease appears quiet
JOINT SIGNAL
WHAT THE DOCTOR WOULD RECORD
No visible inflammation. Examination unremarkable. Patient reports morning symptoms, none currently present.
"The patient may say their joints were swollen and painful in the morning, but by the afternoon, when I examine them, there's nothing visible."
— Rheumatologist, LumiJoint customer discovery
10 of 14 rheumatologists named subjective assessment as a clinical concern.
LumiJoint customer discovery · 50 interviews
ACT 03 · MONITORING
A year of disease, two ways to see it.
Hover or drag across the year. Compare what each side captures.
Standard care vs. continuous monitoring across one year
Standard care · 4 visits per year
Continuous monitoring · 365 days per year
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