Method and system for maximizing the output of surgical lights
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsWojciech K. Timoszyk, Dustin R. Campbell
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Abstract
A method of locating light includes providing a housing have a plurality of first light sources therein, the housing further including a plurality of second light sources, the housing further having a handle for changing a position of the housing; illuminating an object with light emitting from the housing from the first light sources; grasping the handle of the housing; turning on the second light sources; illuminating the object with light from the second light sources, with the light from each of the second light sources extending along a line; adjusting a position of the housing to have the second light sources form a point at an area of interest on the object; releasing the handle; and turning off the second light sources.
Claims27
A method of illuminating an object comprising:
- illuminating the object with light emitted from a plurality of first light sources of a surgical light, the plurality of first light sources being mounted to a housing of the surgical light;
- turning on a plurality of second light sources of the surgical light to illuminate the object with light from the plurality of second light sources, each of the plurality of second light sources emitting narrowly collimated light that is narrower than the light emitted from the plurality of first light sources and converges at a focal distance of the plurality of first light sources;
- adjusting a position of the surgical light to illuminate an area of interest of the object with the light from the plurality of first light sources by moving the housing of the surgical light so as to have the narrowly collimated light from the plurality of second light sources form a dot at the area of interest of the object, thereby positioning the plurality of first light sources to illuminate the area of interest of the object at the focal distance of the plurality of first light sources;
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- turning off the plurality of second light sources while continuing to illuminate the area of interest of the object with the light from the plurality of first light sources.
A surgical light comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of first light sources that are mounted on the housing and emit illumination light for illuminating an object;
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- a plurality of second light sources that emit narrowly collimated light that is narrower than the light emitted from the plurality of first light sources and converges at a focal distance of the plurality of first light sources such that an area of interest of the object is illuminated with the light from the plurality of first light sources by moving the housing of the surgical light so as to have the narrowly collimated light from the plurality of second light sources form a dot at the area of interest of the object, thereby positioning the plurality of first light sources at the focal distance of the plurality of first light sources.
A method of illuminating an object comprising:
- illuminating the object with light emitted from a plurality of first light sources of a surgical light, the plurality of first light sources being mounted to a housing of the surgical light;
- turning on a plurality of second light sources of the surgical light to illuminate the object with light from the plurality of second light sources, each of the plurality of second light sources being fixed in position relative to the housing of the surgical light and oriented such that light from the plurality of second light sources meets at a focal distance of the plurality of first light sources;
- adjusting a position of the surgical light to illuminate an area of interest of the object with the light from the plurality of first light sources by moving the housing of the surgical light so as to have the plurality of second light sources form a dot at the area of interest of the object, thereby positioning the plurality of first light sources to illuminate the area of interest of the object at the focal distance of the plurality of first light sources;
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- turning off the plurality of second light sources while continuing to illuminate the area of interest of the object with the light from the plurality of first light sources.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.