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Surgical lighting method

  • US 5,353,786 A
  • Filed: 06/30/1993
  • Issued: 10/11/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/24/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for use in surgery to illuminate a surgical site on a patient, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a substantially flexible elongate carrier member with at least one linear tubular end segment having a free end and a plurality of colinearly disposed individual light outlets spaced from one another longitudinally along said end segment;

    forming at least a portion of said carrier member end segment into an arcuate configuration conformed to said surgical site;

    fastening said free end of said end segment to a middle portion of said end segment, said end segment being maintained in said arcuate configuration at least in part by virtue of said step of fastening;

    disposing at least said portion of said end segment on the patient so that said portion is at least partially juxtaposed to the surgical site and so that said light outlets can effectively illuminate said surgical site;

    surgically operating on organic tissues at said surgical site;

    during the step of operating, transmitting electromagnetic radiation from a light source through said carrier member and out through said light outlets to illuminate the surgical site; and

    exerting a force on said portion of said end segment to maintain said portion of said end segment in said arcuate configuration during said steps of operating and transmitting.

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