What Are the Clinical Advantages of LED Surgical Lights?

What is crucial for a surgeon during a surgical procedure is the ability to see the details of everything pertaining to the local area to perform the surgical task. This is where illumination comes into play. And this is facilitated by advanced surgical lights. Irrespective of the duration of the surgical task, minimization of heat emited through lights, is essential. Lesser the heat, lesser is the risk of drying out of exposed tissue. What if OT lights emit no heat? LED lights emit less or no heat. These are shadowless, offer better color rendition, improve visibility, emit cold light, durable, reflect homogenous light, save power, and the list goes on. It is due to the clinical and many more benefits that LED surgical lights are the most widely used in hospitals across the world.

LED surgical lights curtail the effect of obstructions, which facilitate the surgeon to perfectly perform the surgical task. LEDs have excellent shadow control, i.e. they are shadowless, which further leave no room for any obstructions. Irrespective of the movement of the surgeon and staff below ceiling or wall mounted lighting systems, the pattern of the light doesn’t change. The pattern remains consistent throughout. No shadows would mean no distraction for the surgeon. No wonder surgeons today, in many hospitals, no longer wear headlamps during surgical procedures. Thanks to the shadowless feature and better illumination of LED surgical lights!

Gone were the days when surgical tasks were challenging for surgeons with halogen, incandescent, and other high intensity discharge lightings due to heat emissions. It added to the uncomfortability of surgeons and their staff. Today, hospitals across the world are replacing these lighting systems with LED surgical lights. LEDs consume less energy and are environment-friendly. Manufacturers producing LED OT lights and hospitals equipping surgical facilities with these lighting systems thus work collectively towards promoting energy efficiency.

Whether it is non-invasive surgeries or deep cavity surgical procedures, LED lighting technology does reinforce accuracy. The whiter light leading to clear visibility of the surgical site adds to the accuracy factor. Manufacturers have come up with a varied range of LED surgical lights with varying lux ratings and models in single dome, double dome including wall mounted, ceiling, and mobile varieties. For example,  the KME NOVA-6 single dome LED OT light manufactured by Koinaa Medical Equipments has brightness intensity of 1,60,000 Lux ±10 percent with size of light field at 12-30 cm, color temperature at 4000-5000 K, diameter of light at 600 mm and 93 RA color reduction index. While focusing is adjustable, it comes with a capacitive touch pnel for brightness control and LED life of >50000 hrs. The KME NOVA 6+5 double dome OT light from Koinaa Medical Equipments has an intesity of 1,60,000 + 1,40,000 Lux ±10 percent with diameter of light at 600mm x 2 in addition to few of the above features of KME NOVA-6.

Color rendering capability of LED surgical lights is another feature leading to better patient outcomes. All aforementioned clinical benefits of LED have turned it into a must-install device in hospitals!