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Control system and method to operate an operating room lamp

US8817085B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Karl Storz GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Christoph Hiltl · Tuttlingen, DE
Omid Abri · Berlin, DE
Stephan Schrader · Kleinmachnow, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 13, 2010
Grant date	Aug 26, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 3, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF21W2131/205
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A control system to control an operating room lamp to generate light to illuminate a surgical site includes an image signal input to receive an image signal from a video camera to capture an image of a surgical site and a control signal output to emit to the operating room lamp a control signal to control at least either a direction or an intensity or a spectral characteristic of the light or a size or shape of the area illuminated by the light. The control system is configured to recognize a hand area of medical personnel and to generate the control signal depending on the image signal and to emit it to the control signal output.

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