Why Has the Surgical LED Lamp taken the Surgical World by Storm?

Today, when it comes to surgery illumination, LED lights have become the standard. In the past, they were popular because they did not emit heat. This was definitely important because the old halogens would dry out the tissues as the surgeon was working, which was not good. Today, this is not something to worry about. You get excellent vision without the heat. There are numerous other benefits to using an LED light source in the medical field.

One of the main challenges with surgery lighting, especially in the current economic climate, is the initial cost. It tends to be high, but LED lighting, while being more effective in many ways, is much cheaper than halogen or xenon light systems. Also long term, the bulbs last so much longer because they use light emitting diodes. In fact, they measure LED life in years instead of bulb hours as with conventional systems simply because they last so long.

An ErgonoptiX surgical LED lamp will also consume much less energy, and produce less heat than a halogen lamp will. The lower temperature makes it safer for valuable hands of the medical professional.

In addition, if you get a bulb with natural white light you will avoid color distortion when you are looking at organs. A good medical LED head-light with high light intensity, ensures that you do not suffer from eye strain as you work. Led lights are also very easy to maintain making them ideal for medical practices.

When you decide to get yourself a new LED medical head light you will need to look at several different factors. You want to ensure that you have considered quality of color and the intensity of the light. It is also important for you to consider how easy it is to position the light, its reach and also its stability. When purchasing the head light consider also your personal preference and the procedures that you carry out from day to day at your workplace. Some great ones that provide you good quality high intensity light as well as light weight comfort include the D-light Nano and D-light Macro by ErgonoptiX.

You want to ensure that your light will fit well on your binocular medical loupes, or if you use a stand-alone head-lamp version, make sure it comes on good, comfortable glasses or other mount. It may be a good idea to try it on and see how the light fits, and the weight of it feels. The battery system in use is another thing that you must look at quite seriously. The latest technology is Lithium Ion (or Lithium Polymer) which is also available at ErgonoptiX. This battery is much better than the older reach arable battery system (like NiMH).

With Li-ion batteries, if you charge only half the time (as happens naturally when charging in between usage), the battery will remain effective, because it does not suffer from what is known as charge memory. The older batteries actually had the long term life significantly reduced by half charges.

Battery operating time on surgical head lamps also needs to be long lasting so that lengthy procedures can be continued uninterrupted, and will need to charge up real fast too. A good product is ErgonoptiX D-Light headlights which use a small size power pack which has an incredible continuous operating time of 7-12 hours and can be fully charged in under 4 hours