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A low-profile light-emitting-diode (LED)–based light source has been developed by DDP (El Segundo, CA, USA; www.ddpleds.com) to replace halogen bulbs in a variety of task lighting applications involving medical equipment. While providing ample lighting, the rugged LED assembly has been shown to minimize power consumption in high-temperature equipment.
The company’s president Tony Toniolo cites a customer’s surgical-fluid and blanket warmer designed to keep those materials at a constant temperature as an example of the assembly’s utility. The LED assembly reduced power consumption by the heater’s temperature control system by some 70% and optimized thermal control by eliminating the temperature spikes halogen lighting could generate.
Engineered to withstand a maximum ambient temperature of 200°F, the LED light system comes in several standard and custom configurations. Its minimal profile is a by-product of the surface-mount technology employed in its design.
