Surgical lighting system
OwnerK. Paul Luntsfordinventor
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Abstract
A surgical lighting system provides remote control of surgical lights. The parameters (for example, illumination levels and beam direction) of the lights are remotely controlled, thereby eliminating the need for surgical personnel to manipulate the lights. The individual light instruments that are employed with the system are enclosed in the housing that isolates the instruments from the surgical suite, thereby avoiding contamination. A sequence of lighting parameters as required for a particular surgical procedure may be pre-recorded and played back by the processor that controls the light instrument parameters.
Claims11
A lighting system, comprising:
- a light instrument movable into any of a plurality of positions for illuminating any of a plurality of sites;
- a housing, the light instrument being mounted within the housing and movable therein relative to the housing, the housing enclosing the light instrument and including a transparent portion through which light from the light instrument propagates;
- ventilation means for moving air into and out of the housing;
- and
- remote control means for controlling movement of the light instrument by sending control signals thereto.
A method of illuminating a surgical suite, comprising the steps of:
- mounting above the surgical suite in a chamber that is sealed from the suite a light instrument that is operable by control signals for movement into any of a plurality of positions for illuminating any of a plurality of sites with any of a plurality of illumination parameters;
- ventilating the chamber by moving air therethrough;
- and
- sending from a remote location to the light instrument control signals for operating the instrument.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.