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Magnetically supported surgical light

  • US 4,538,214 A
  • Filed: 12/29/1983
  • Issued: 08/27/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An illumination system suspended from a continuous panel having an exposed surface and a concealed surface for use with a conventional power source comprising:

  • at least one light source suspended from the panel;

    at least one split-core transformer for creating a magnetic field for transferring electrical energy through the panel to said light source, each said transformer adapted for sliding motion over the exposed and concealed surfaces while maintaining said transfer of electrical energy, each said transformer having two halves, one of said halves disposed on the concealed surface and connected to the power source and the other of said halves disposed on the exposed surface and connected to said light source; and

    each of said halves comprising electroinductive coils enclosed in permanent magnets,each of said magnets having rollers on which said magnet can slide over the one of the surfaces on which said magnet is disposed.

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