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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard L. Borders, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Dennis C. Coon, Erie, PA (US);
Ronald P. Krahe, Girard, PA (US);
John M. Bulko, Apex, NC (US);
Assignee:
Hill-Rom Services, Inc.,, Batesville, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 2/300 ;
Abstract
A surgical light apparatus comprising a lighthead coupled to an arm adapted for mounting to a surface of a surgical room, and wherein the lighthead has a sterile field at an outlet end thereon, and with a bulb located within the lighthead, a controller coupled to the bulb, and an actuator coupled to the controller to adjust an intensity of light of the bulb itself, and wherein the actuator is located in the sterile field on the lighthead.