Surgical Light Integrated Rechargeable Battery
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Solution Overview
Problem
Surgical lights often fail due to power outages, voltage fluctuations, and cable breaks, leading to interruptions in surgical operations, and existing solutions require large and costly external emergency power supplies.
Innovation Solution
Integrating a rechargeable battery and charging system directly into the surgical light's body, allowing for a compact emergency power supply that ensures continuous operation without external wiring, using a combination of LEDs, control electronics, and advanced accumulator technologies like lithium polymer batteries.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a central emergency power supply is used, then reliability during power outages is improved, but device complexity and installation space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the emergency power supply function from the central system and segments it into individual surgical lights. Each light contains its own accumulator (battery) integrated into the light body, allowing independent operation during power outages without requiring a centralized emergency power infrastructure.
Solution Approach 2:
The emergency power supply capability is extracted from the central building infrastructure and embedded directly into the surgical light itself. This removes the dependency on external emergency power systems while maintaining reliability during power failures.
2Volume of moving object
If accumulators are integrated into the light body, then installation space efficiency is improved, but heat management becomes more challenging
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the accumulator with the light body structure, integrating the battery directly into the housing. This combined design optimizes space utilization while the housing itself serves as a thermal management structure for the integrated power source.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different thermal management approaches to different components within the light body. The housing material and structure are specifically designed to provide thermal isolation and heat dissipation pathways for the accumulator, while maintaining the required space efficiency.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design significantly increases the reliability of surgical lights by eliminating light failures during power outages and reducing costs, enabling operation without a central emergency power supply and allowing for precise light alignment and efficient power management.
Implementation Method 1
At least one accumulator is arranged in at least one section of the operating room lamp on the lamp body side
Implementation Method 2
an accumulator is arranged in at least one section of the operating room lamp on the lamp body side
Implementation Method 3
Integrating a rechargeable battery and charging system directly into the surgical light's body
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AI summary
The lamp (1) has a lamp module (3) blocked in a lamp body (2) for illuminating a processing section and attached with an extension component (5). The extension component comprises an attachment region (7) for fastening at a wall or a movable support. A battery (14) is arranged in a light-body-side portion of the lamp by the attachment region and located in a handle (13) that is fixed at the lamp body. The extension component is divided into an intersect (9) and a spring arm (10) over multiple joints (11). The lamp body comprises a housing (4). The battery is designed as a lithium-polymer battery, a lithium ion battery, a nickel metal hydride battery or a lithium iron phosphate battery.