Team 5

Dynamic Operating Room Lights

Team Members: Danielle Bischoff, Devin Marinaccio, Alexis Middleton & Tanja Djurdjevic

Team Mentors: Susan Pepin, MD, MA, MPH - ASU
Paul Del Prado MD - District Medical Group & Maricopa Integrated Health System

YouTube Link: View the video link below before joining the zoom meeting

Zoom Link: https://asu.zoom.us/j/84268196378

Abstract

We are redesigning how operating room lighting fixtures work. Instead of a traditional suspension system with multiple pivot points/degrees of freedom, our team is designing a product that has a goose-neck style system with multiple different suspension lighting fixtures. Currently, the operating room lights are disruptive and rotate about a fixed pivot point. Our design will give an unparalleled range of motion that the surgeon can manipulate. The IDPT team will also tackle the problem of sterilization. As in any operating room, sterilization is of the utmost importance. We would like to develop a different method to sterilize compared to what is on the market now for operating room lights. Now, there is a plastic sleeve that is placed on a handle that is considered sterile. We would like to make the entire device to have the ability to be sterile so the surgeon can maneuver the device without assistance and not break the sterile field.

We plan on having our device suspended from the ceiling. Using fabricated metal, we want the device to be maneuverable without any pivot points. We would like at least three individually suspended lights fixated at one point in order to ensure there is a light to reach any point of the operating table. Currently there are a few companies that make operating room lights but none that have a gooseneck suspension for the lighting fixtures. We would like our device to be cost effective and be under $3000. We plan on using 3D modeling to develop a prototype and with this design we hope to bring to large scale manufacturing.