US 11,712,319 B2
360 degrees plus rotation camera module for surgical light head handle
Breese J. Watson, Rocky River, OH (US); and Gregory Turcovsky, Mentor, OH (US)
Assigned to American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US)
Filed by American Sterilizer Company, Mentor, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/208,126.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/000,655, filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/000,672, filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/000,719, filed on Mar. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0302808 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
Int. Cl. G03B 17/56 (2021.01); F21V 33/00 (2006.01); G03B 15/14 (2021.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G03B 30/00 (2021.01); A61B 90/35 (2016.01); F21W 131/205 (2006.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 90/30 (2016.02) [A61B 90/361 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); F21V 33/0052 (2013.01); G02B 6/3885 (2013.01); G03B 15/14 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); G03B 30/00 (2021.01); A61B 90/35 (2016.02); A61B 2090/306 (2016.02); A61B 2090/308 (2016.02); A61B 2090/5025 (2016.02); F21W 2131/205 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical lighting system, comprising:
a light head housing including a plurality of light emitting elements therein that are arranged to emit light downward to a region of interest;
a handle mounted to the light head housing and protruding downward from the light head housing, the handle including a handle housing having a sufficient size to be gripped by a human hand; and,
a camera assembly mounted within the handle housing, the camera assembly including a camera having a field of view that encompasses at least a portion of the region of interest;
wherein the camera assembly is mounted within the handle housing for rotation within the handle housing greater than 360 degrees about a rotation axis from a first stop to a second stop and vice versa, wherein the first stop limits clockwise rotation of the camera about the rotation axis and the second stop limits counterclockwise rotation of the camera about the rotation axis.