Nikki McCutchenFounder & Owner, Embrace Optimal Health · Embrace Optimal Health

Nikki McCutchen talks about the patches

16 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this presentation, the speaker explains a Class 1 FDA‑recognized medical device that functions as a non‑transdermal light‑therapy patch. The patch is fully sealed on both sides, meaning no substances are transferred into the body, unlike nicotine, estrogen, or vitamin patches. Its therapeutic effect comes from photobiomodulation—light inducing physiological changes—similar to how sunlight triggers vitamin D synthesis in skin. The speaker also likens the infrared component of the patch’s action to the low‑grade infrared “heat signature” seen in night‑vision imagery, emphasizing that the device uses light rather than chemical delivery to achieve wellness benefits.

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So this technology is FDA recognized and compliant as a general wellness product. It is a Class 1 medical device, completely non-transdermal. So what that means is that it is completely sealed on both sides. Nothing transfers from the patch into your body. Most people are used to a nicotine patch, an estrogen patch, a vitamin patch, a patch that transfers something from the patch into your body. This does not work that way. It is completely sealed. It is a light therapy product, so it works through a process called photobiomodulation, and that's just a big word for light making change in the body. You all actually already know exactly what this is because every time you go out into the sun and the sun hits your skin and your eyes, it tells your body it's time to make vitamin D. And so this technology works exactly the same way, only our bodies are the light source or the heat source. You all understand And this as well, even though you may not know it, when you see on the movies and they're looking through those night vision goggles and they see that beautiful colored heat signature, they call it a heat signature, that is actually a low-grade infrared light.