Systems and methods for controlling a medical light via a software configurable handle assembly
AssigneeStryker Corporation
InventorsSudhanshu MEHTA, Robert L. YORK, Amber HILDEBRAND, Paul NGUYEN, William Lowell JACQUES, II
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Abstract
A method for controlling a medical light by a handle assembly removably mounted to the medical light includes storing configuration data at a controller of the handle assembly that defines a mapping of handle assembly user inputs to medical light property adjustments; detecting a first user input to the handle assembly; and sending a control signal to the medical light to vary a property of light provided by the medical light according to the first user input and the configuration data.
Claims20
A medical lighting system comprising:
- a medical light comprising at least one light source, a light controller configured to control the at least one light source, and a memory storing configuration data, wherein the configuration data defines a mapping of handle assembly user inputs to medical light property adjustments;
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- a handle assembly removably mounted to the medical light, wherein the handle assembly is configured to receive the configuration data from the medical light and transmit a control signal to the medical light to adjust a property of light provided by the medical light according to a user input to the handle assembly and the configuration data.
A method of operating a medical lighting system, comprising:
- at a medical light of the medical lighting system:
- transmitting configuration data to a handle assembly removably mounted to the medical light, the configuration data defining a mapping of handle assembly user inputs to medical light property adjustments;
- receiving a control signal from the handle assembly, wherein the control signal is based on a user input to the handle assembly and the configuration data;
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- varying a property of the medical light based on the control signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.