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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1999
Robert Joe Byrd, Marbury, AL (US);
Viroon Mai Ujjin, Montgomery, AL (US);
Saysana Say Kongchan, Montgomery, AL (US);
Howard D. Reed, Warsaw, IN (US);
Steris Corporation, Mentor, OH (US);
Abstract
A surgical video system captures an image of a surgical procedure and displays the image on a video monitor remote from the surgical procedure. The system includes at least one surgical lighthead , a video monitor , and a digital video camera integrated into the surgical lighthead. The digital video camera forms part of a modular digital video camera unit that is conveniently removable from the surgical lighthead so that camera units having different functionalities and capabilities can be selectively substituted as needed. A control unit is operatively connected to the video camera and generates command signals that are executed by the modular camera unit to rotate the image of the surgical procedure displayed on the video monitor by at least 360° and to effect image zoom operations. The control unit is responsive to input signals from multiple sources including a hand-held IR/RF remote transmitter module , a wall mounted keypad , and a footswitch . Associated with the control unit and the video monitor, a recorder is provided for archival of video image data.