Patent ID: 7871375

Claim:
An apparatus that is for partial insertion through an incision in the outer skin surface on a torso of the body to an internal body cavity that has surrounding internal body tissue and provides internal chandelier lighting to the internal body cavity for use during a surgical procedure without damaging tissue within the body cavity, the apparatus comprising: a sterile exterior housing having a tip end and a back end, wherein the tip end allows light to pass therethrough; a plurality of switched LED's disposed within the sterile exterior housing at the tip end that are operated to enable placement of the tip end against internal body tissue for at least 30 minutes, the plurality of switched LED's including at least three LED's having normal beams that are different from one another and are operated at less than a maximum operating point to ensure a substantially white light and provide chandelier lighting, wherein the chandelier lighting provided by the plurality of switched LED's is at least 10 Candelas of substantially uniform illumination over at least a radially increasing half sphere around the tip end such that the substantially uniform illumination is sufficient for field of vision within the internal body cavity that is both magnified and non-magnified; and a power source that provided power to the plurality of switched LED's disposed within the sterile exterior housing, wherein the sterile exterior housing, the plurality of LED's and the power source form a unit, and wherein the unit is adapted to be self-supporting at an area of the exterior outer housing that widens between the tip end and the back end, and wherein the self-support is assisted by the unit being internally weighted to allow the exterior outer housing to balance at the area when the area rests upon the outer skin surface at the incision and the tip end is inserted through the incision.