Optical system for lighting fixture
CA 2038367 C · Owner: Gehly, Joel C. · Inventors: Smith, A. Michael; Gehly, Joel C.
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a lighting fixture to illuminate a target surface particularly a surgical site, is provided which includes a light source, a reflector superposing and partially circumscribing the light source, a cylindrical filter surrounding the light source coaxial to the axis of symmetry of the lighting fixture and a refractor positioned beneath the reflector through which the light reflected from the reflector must pass to reach the target surface. The refractor is divided into a plurality of portions which radiate outwardly from the axis of symmetry, Each portion includes first second, and third prism means having individual prism members of varying configuration for focusing the light to first …
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- Filed March 15, 1991 and granted September 12, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 15, 2011.
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