US 11,962,297 B2
Sterile handle control mechanism
James K. Alexanderson, Coppell, TX (US); Vikas Kumar, Haryana (IN); Sudhanshu Mehta, Punjab (IN); and Robert L. York, Lantana, TX (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/595,025.
Application 16/595,025 is a continuation of application No. 15/019,372, filed on Feb. 9, 2016, granted, now 10,439,611.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/114,757, filed on Feb. 11, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0177182 A1, Jun. 4, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H03K 17/965 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); F21W 131/205 (2006.01); H01H 19/04 (2006.01); H01H 19/08 (2006.01); H01H 19/14 (2006.01); H03K 17/945 (2006.01); F21Y 115/10 (2016.01)
CPC H03K 17/965 (2013.01) [A61B 90/30 (2016.02); H01H 19/04 (2013.01); H01H 19/08 (2013.01); H01H 19/14 (2013.01); H03K 17/945 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2090/308 (2016.02); A61B 2090/309 (2016.02); F21W 2131/205 (2013.01); F21Y 2115/10 (2016.08); H01H 2221/01 (2013.01); H01H 2231/052 (2013.01); H03K 2017/9455 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical light comprising:
a housing that houses at least one light source;
a handle assembly extending from the housing, the handle assembly comprising a hand grip portion that is rotatable relative to the housing,
wherein rotation of the hand grip portion in a first mode alters a first characteristic of light emitted from the at least one light source, and
wherein rotation of the hand grip portion in a second mode alters a second characteristic of the light emitted from the at least one light source.