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US 11,109,467 B2Granted
Lighting systems and applications thereof
AssigneeMidwest Lighting Institute, Inc.
InventorRodney Heller
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Abstract
Provided herein are lighting devices, systems, and methods. In particular, provided herein are lighting systems configured for use in a variety of medical settings to improve patient and health care worker health, performance, and well-being.
Claims15
A lighting system for use in a facility selected from the group consisting of a skilled nursing facility, a long term care facility, and an assisted living facility, comprising:
- a) a patient care zone comprising a plurality of tunable and/or non-tunable lighting components comprising a plurality of uplights and downlights over a patient bed, and a plurality of additional room lights, wherein said uplights have a melanopic/photopic (M/P) ratio of 0.85 to 1.1 and said downlights have an M/P ratio of 0.2 to 0.35 and said additional room lights have an M/P ratio of less than 0.35;
- b) a non-patient care zone comprising a plurality of tunable and/or non-tunable lighting components;
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- c) a controller configured to independently control the intensity, time, and wavelength of said patient care zone and said non-patient care zone.
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