Whether surgeons perform simple medical examinations or complex surgical procedures, they require a well-lit environment. A healthcare provider must see clearly to perform the surgery successfully. An operating room’s instruments and devices are rendered useless without appropriate lighting.
Choosing surgical lighting for a facility is not a responsibility that should be taken lightly. Key criteria for selecting the right light for a facility include efficiency, intensity, color rendition index, color temperature, and shadow control. By understanding these criteria, customers can choose high-quality, dependable lighting with a name they trust, Bovie®.
Symmetry Surgical®, now part of Aspen Surgical®, offers a broad portfolio of Bovie LED lights for exams, procedures, and surgical applications. Each application has similar requirements for color rendering, color temperature, and shadow control. The Bovie MI Series lights provide the best of all these criteria.
Today’s efficient LED lights use about half the electricity of their older halogen counterparts and generate little radiated heat, which can dehydrate tissue during a procedure. Halogen bulbs may only last 1,000 hours, while the LED bulbs used in Bovie’s MI Series lights are rated to last 50,000 hours.
Intensity relates to brightness and is measured in Lux. The higher the Lux, the brighter the light. With procedure and surgical lights, Lux is typically measured with the light source positioned an industry standard one meter (39”) from the subject site.
Color Rendition Index (CRI) measures a light’s ability to accurately show an object’s colors when compared to natural light. It is measured on a scale of 0 to 100, with 100 being the best. All Bovie MI Series lights are rated with a CRI of 95 or higher.
Color temperature measures the color emitted by a light source and is measured in degrees Kelvin (°K) with daylight ranging from 4800 to 5100°K. Lower color temperatures (<4000°K) appear yellow, while higher color temperatures (>5400°K) appear blue. For example, a dermatological condition can be difficult to diagnose in lighting that is too yellow or blue. The optimal color temperature for healthcare facilities is between 4000 and 4500°K. All Bovie LED lights emit a color temperature of 4300°K.
Shadow control reduces shadows in the surgical field due to instruments, hands, and heads beneath the light source. Larger lighting sources illuminate all sides of the surgical field. Bovie MI Series lights include many bulbs that articulate smoothly through an eleven-foot diameter to provide maneuverability and range to reduce shadows. Dual lighting heads are also available to mitigate shadows from the surgical site.
The ability to control the brightness, position, and direction of MI Series lights from within the sterile field allows the medical staff to operate more efficiently without breaking the sterile field or assigning an additional assistant to operate the lights.
Bovie’s MI Series LED lights include a wide range of options. MI 150 and MI 300 gooseneck examination lights are space-saving designs offering brilliant, color-accurate illumination. The MI 150 includes a single power setting and a fixed base, and the MI 300 features a sturdy rolling base and two power settings.
The MI 550 examination light is a compact but powerful design that emits 55,000 Lux of pure white illumination in single ceiling mount, dual ceiling mount, wall mount, and portable options.
The MI 750 light produces 75,000 Lux, plenty of light intensity for examinations and procedures. With two rings of LED bulbs providing excellent illumination for the reduction of shadows, and a sterilizable handle that includes the On/Off and three-stage dimming switches to allow the user to maintain the sterile field, this versatile model is available in single ceiling mount, dual ceiling mount, wall mount, and portable options.
The MI 1000 light provides flexibility and longevity to the surgical suite. Its three rings of LED bulbs create a large array that provides exceptional shadow control. Available in single ceiling mount, dual ceiling mount, wall mount, and portable options, this workhorse includes five-stage dimming and On/Off switches on the sterilizable handle, plus an ambient light mode for minimally invasive procedures.
Do you need more light intensity for your surgery center, specialty practice, or outpatient care facility? Bovie’s System Two surgical lights include the illumination characteristics of the MI Series LED lights, provide five-stage dimming (with ambient light mode) and On/Off switches on a sterilizable handle, and provide 130,000 Lux intensity in ceiling-mounted single, dual, and triple arm options capable of holding 32” video monitors and in-light mounted HD cameras.
Bovie medical lighting includes the full range of lighting criteria you need and the Bovie name you trust. Bovie medical lighting — an illuminating idea!