Patent ID: 6436035
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A61B,A61F

Abstract:
A hand-held surgical light assembly comprising:a light source; and a handpiece adapted to be grasped and manipulated by a user; wherein said handpiece has a light guide with a proximal end optically connected to the light source, and a distal end which projects outwardly from said handpiece and directs light guided thereby onto a field of view determined by manipulation of the handpiece by the user; and wherein said handpiece includes a membrane switch assembly which is operatively coupled to the light source to allow user selection between at least two different light intensities discharged by said light guide onto the field of view; and wherein said membrane switch assembly includes an inner electrically conductive base member, and a tubular electrically conductive elastomeric member concentrically surrounding said base member in spaced relationship thereto.