Surgical lamp will use high-power Lumileds LEDs
Rimsa selected Lumileds’ Luxeon V because it can generate sufficient light for a surgical environment with only five emitters. At 120 lumens per emitter, the five-emitter configuration will give the PentaLED lamp a light output of 600 lumens with 50,000 lux. Other LED products would require at least 120 LEDs to produce equivalent brightness, says Lumileds.
The inherent energy efficiency of LEDs will allow the PentaLED lamp to operate with only 25W of power, a third of that required by a comparable halogen lamp. The use of solid-state illumination will also allow the lamp to last up to 25 times longer than halogen products.
In addition, the cool LED light beam will increase physician comfort in the operating room and help prevent the open wound area from drying out, thereby eliminating the need to keep the area humid for the patient’s safety.
“Until Lumileds’ Luxeon V light source became available, no LED was bright enough for use in a surgical lamp,” said Ing. Paolo Longoni, Rimsa Product Manager. “By incorporating this technology in our new PentaLED product, we are enabling physicians and operating room personnel to take advantage of the coolness, long life and energy efficiency of LEDs for the first time.”
