Patent ID: 8134309

Claim:
An operating lamp comprising: a plurality of illumination elements arranged in a plurality of discrete groups, the illumination elements including at least one white illumination element adapted to emit a white light, and multiple colored illumination elements, each adapted to emit a non-white, colored light; a controller configured to communicate with the illumination elements; and multiple storage devices configured to communicate with the controller, each of the storage devices being associated with one or more of the groups of illumination elements, and each storage device containing a predetermined set of power values for each associated group of illumination elements, wherein the controller is configured to control illumination of each group of illumination elements individually based on the associated power values to produce a predetermined nominal output, the power values comprising calibrated data corresponding to a set of nominal operating values of the operating lamp, the plurality of illumination elements together defining a light emitting surface, at least one of the nominal operating values corresponding to a desired distribution of light intensity over the emitting surface, and the distribution of light intensity having a lighting characteristic that corresponds to a particular operating environment.