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US 2018/0008368 A1Published application
Illuminating surgical device and control element
AssigneeIllumix Surgical Canada Inc.
InventorsAnil Duggal, Paul Dobrovolskis, Roel H. Kusters, Edsger Constant Pieter Smits, Stephan Harkema
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Abstract
Embodiments of claimed subject matter are directed to an illuminating surgical device comprising a single control element to control an array of illuminating elements and an array of louvers to direct light from the individual illuminating elements toward a surgical field.
Claims20
An illuminating surgical device, comprising:
- a two-dimensional array of illuminating elements to direct light toward a surgical field;
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- a single control element to control an intensity of light from the two-dimensional array of illuminating elements and to control placement of the illuminated surgical field.
A surgical retraction device, comprising:
- an illumination layer to accommodate an array of illuminating elements to generate light to be directed toward a surgical area;
- a control layer to control placement of an illuminated surgical area relative to the array of illuminating elements or to control an intensity of light from the array of illuminating elements, or to control a combination thereof, using a single control element.
A surgical retraction device, comprising:
- means for illuminating a surgical area;
- means for controlling placement of the illuminated surgical area along a first axis and a second axis, the first axis and the second axis to be substantially particular to one another, using a single control element;
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- means for discretely stepping the intensity of light illuminating the surgical area using the single control element.
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