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Surgical lighting control and video system

  • US 20030142204A1
  • Filed: 01/15/2003
  • Published: 07/31/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A surgical light system (10) comprising:

  • a lighthead (44) coupled to a suspension arm (41

    ) adapted for mounting to a surface (14) of a surgical room;

    a bulb (130) in said lighthead;

    a processor (120) in said lighthead operatively coupled with the bulb for controlling an intensity of light of the bulb and being adapted to generate a lighthead status signal representative of a first status of said lighthead; and

    , a control apparatus (32, 34) in operative communication with said processor in said lighthead, the control apparatus receiving said lighthead status signal and selecting a set of control algorithms from among a group of algorithms based on said lighthead status signal for controlling said lighthead.

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