Patent ID: 11943855
Assignee: MIDWEST LIGHTING INSTITUTE, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  H  Y | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. A lighting system for use in a health care facility comprising:
a) a patient care zone comprising a plurality of tunable and/or non-tunable lighting components comprising a plurality of uplights and downlights over a patient bed, and a plurality of additional room lights, wherein said downlights and said additional room lights deliver an melanopic/photopic (M/P) ratio of less than 0.5 as measured at an illuminance of 75 lux on a vertical plane at eye level, and said uplights deliver an M/P ratio greater than said downlights and said additional room lights as measured at an illuminance of 75 lux on a vertical plane at eye level;
b) a non-patient care zone comprising a plurality of tunable and/or non-tunable lighting components; and
c) a controller configured to independently control the intensity, time, and spectrum of said patient care zone and said non-patient care zone.