Modular Operating Room Lighting with Vocal Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional intraoperative lighting systems lack flexibility and are cumbersome to maneuver, often requiring repositioning during procedures and failing to provide optimal viewing angles, while portable lights can obstruct medical professionals and are frequently unavailable when needed.
Innovation Solution
A modular lighting system that can be coupled to a ceiling or wall, featuring adjustable illumination arms with a handle for directional control, integrated microphone for vocal operation, and a processor for hands-free communication, allowing for flexible placement and sanitation, and a compact design with a removable cover for easy cleaning.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If ceiling or wall-mounted surgical lights are used, then illumination intensity is improved, but flexibility and ease of repositioning deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The surgical lighting system is divided into modular components: a ceiling-mounted base unit and detachable illumination arms that can be independently positioned and adjusted. This segmentation allows the light source to be mounted securely while the illumination arms provide flexible positioning, resolving the contradiction between stable mounting and repositioning flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The illumination arms incorporate adjustable, dynamic positioning mechanisms with multiple degrees of freedom, allowing the light head to be moved and angled to various positions. This dynamic capability enables the system to adapt to different surgical procedures and patient positions while maintaining secure ceiling mounting.
2Adaptability or versatility
If portable surgical lights are used, then flexibility and ease of repositioning are improved, but device complexity and obstruction of medical professionals worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges the advantages of ceiling-mounted stability with portable flexibility by combining a fixed ceiling base with detachable, adjustable illumination arms. This hybrid approach eliminates the need for completely portable units while providing the flexibility previously only available from mobile lights, reducing obstruction and manipulation complexity.
3Ease of repair
If modular illumination arms are used, then ease of sanitation and replacement is improved, but device complexity worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The illumination arms are designed as separate, modular components that can be easily detached from the ceiling base for sanitation, maintenance, or replacement. This segmentation enables independent cleaning of each arm without disassembling the entire lighting system, improving sanitation ease while keeping the overall system design relatively simple through standardized connection interfaces.
Data Source
AI summary
A flexible operating room lighting system may be coupled to a wall, ceiling, or fixture of a facility. The lighting system can modularly accommodate multiple illumination arms and incorporate one or more microphone thereon, permitting the vocal control using a processor for hands free operations. The lighting system may include a speaker and a camera to facilitate two-way communications with a user to facilitate demonstrations for individuals undergoing tutelage in the particular facility's profession. The lighting system may employ a stand with wheels to facilitate modularity. Further, a cover with a transparent front end may be provided to be slipped over the lighting system and securing through a cover fastener. By providing each illumination arm with a jack, the illumination arm may be modularly assigned, replaced, sanitized. Thus, the present invention provides reliable sanitary measures while further facilitating a flexible operable device through the illumination arms.