Lighting system for medical procedures

DETAILED DESCRIPTION This invention is directed to the provision of an improved lighting system for medical procedures.
More specifically, this invention is directed to the provision of an improved lighting system for medical procedures which provides excellent shadow free lighting for the procedure, is readily and conveniently adjustable both with respect to light intensity and light direction, and which provides excellent versatility with respect to the use of the system for various medical procedure lighting requirements.
The invention room lighting system includes a first light assembly adapted to be mounted in the ceiling of the medical procedure room and including a lamp movable between a plurality of angular positions; a second light assembly adapted to be mounted in the room ceiling in spaced but predetermined relation to the first light and including a lamp movable between a plurality of angular positions; and control means including a single control unit including control elements operative in response to selective actuation of the elements to selectively and individually adjust the angular position of each lamp of each light assembly.
This arrangement allows the angular position of each lamp to be individually adjusted from a single control unit location.
According to a further feature of the invention, the single control unit comprises a wall control unit adapted to be positioned in a wall of the room; the wall control unit is hard wired to the light assembly; the system further includes a remote control unit having control elements corresponding to the control elements of the wall control unit and including an infrared transmitter; and the wall control unit includes an infrared receiver operative to receive the transmissions of the infrared transmitter.
This arrangement allows the light assemblies to be controlled jointly or individually from either the wall control unit or from the remote control unit.
According to a further feature of the invention, the wall control unit defines a storage surface sized to store the remote control unit