IP Library Granted Patent US 10,422,517
Granted Patent B2
US 10,422,517 · App. 15/745,806 · Granted Sep 24, 2019

Handle device for surgical light comprising sensors as well as surgical light

Inventor: Joachim Strölin (Rietheim, DE)
Assignee: Karl Leibinger Medizintechik GmbH & Co. KG
F21V21/403A61B90/30A61B90/35A61B90/361F21V23/0471A61B2017/00203A61B2090/308A61B2090/309F21W2131/20F21W2131/205F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 10,422,517
App. No.
15/745,806
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application relates to a handle device for a surgical light. The handle device may include a grip element which is prepared for being arranged on a lamp holding body of the surgical light and which forms a grip surface at an outer area. A sensor module is detachably connected to the grip element, with the sensor module including at least one distance sensor which is designed for detecting a position of an object. The present application further includes a surgical light including such a handle device.

Claims (12)

1. A handle device for being detachably arranged on a surgical light, comprising: a sensor module, a grip element which forms a grip surface at an outer area, wherein the sensor module is detachably connected to the grip element, wherein the sensor module includes a housing accommodating a plurality of distance sensors each of which distance sensors is designed for detecting a position of an object beyond the housing, and wherein the distance sensors are arranged inside a disk-shaped cavity portion of the housing and central axes of measuring fields of the distance sensors are directed away from each other.

2. The handle device according to claim 1 , wherein in the area of each of the distance sensors the housing is configured to be permeable to a measuring signal that is to be detected by each of the distance sensors.

3. The handle device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one distance sensor is an infrared sensor.

4. The handle device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor module includes a handle receiving portion which is detachably connected to the grip element.

5. The handle device according to claim 2 , wherein a handle receiving portion forms a receiving journal onto which a sleeve portion of the grip element including the grip surface is attached in at least one operating condition of the handle device.

6. The handle device according to claim 1 , wherein the grip element is connected to the sensor module via a form fitting and/or a load-carrying connection in at least one operating condition.

7. The handle device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor module includes a computer unit which is electrically connected to each of the distance sensors and generates control signals for controlling the surgical light in response to the measuring data established by means of each of the distance sensors.

8. The handle device according to claim 1 , wherein a voice control unit for operating each of the distance sensors and/or for controlling the surgical light in an operating condition is integrated in the sensor module.

9. The handle device according to claim 6 wherein a voice control unit is electronically connected to a computer unit.

10. A surgical light comprising a handle device according to claim 1 , wherein the handle device is at least partially detachably connected to a lamp holding body of the surgical light.

11. The surgical light according to claim 8 , wherein the sensor module is detachably arranged on a lamp holding body.

12. The surgical light according to claim 8 , wherein a computer unit of the sensor module is electrically connected to a central control unit of the surgical light.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Sep 19, 2024
From: KARL LEIBINGER MEDIZINTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
To: KARL LEIBINGER ASSET MANAGEMENT GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 068990/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2018
From: STRÖLIN, JOACHIM
To: KARL LEIBINGER MEDIZINTECHIK GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 044654/0423 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 113 336 · Aug 13, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180209623A1 · Jul 26, 2018