US 12,456,978 B2
Sterile handle control mechanism
James K. Alexanderson, Coppell, TX (US); Wojciech K. Timoszyk, Flower Mound, TX (US); Vikas Kumar, Haryana (IN); Sudhanshu Mehta, Guragaon (IN); and Robert L. York, Lantana, TX (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/636,186.
Application 18/636,186 is a continuation of application No. 16/595,025, filed on Oct. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,962,297.
Application 16/595,025 is a continuation of application No. 15/019,372, filed on Feb. 9, 2016, granted, now 10,439,611, issued on Oct. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/114,757, filed on Feb. 11, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0372549 A1, Nov. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. H03K 17/965 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01); H01H 19/04 (2006.01); H01H 19/08 (2006.01); H01H 19/14 (2006.01); H03K 17/945 (2006.01); F21W 131/205 (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)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for controlling characteristics of light emitted from a surgical light, the method comprising:
remotely programming a control system of a surgical light, using a remote computing system communicatively connected to the control system, by selecting, at the remote computing system, which of a plurality of characteristics of light emitted from the surgical light are adjustable by the control system based on operation of a handle assembly of the surgical light, wherein the remote computing system is configured to enable different users to program the control system of the surgical light differently such that operation of the handle assembly of the surgical light adjusts characteristics of the light emitted from the surgical light differently for the different users; and
adjusting, using the handle assembly, at least one characteristic of the plurality of characteristics of the light emitted from the surgical light according to the selection of which of the plurality of characteristics of light emitted from the surgical light are adjustable by the control system based on the operation of the handle assembly.