Light array for a surgical helmet

摘要

A surgical head gear apparatus or helmet (10) includes a lighting system that utilizes circuit board mounted LED clusters (37) supported on the surgical helmet (10). The LED clusters (37) are part of a light array (37) mounted to the forward portion of the helmet (10). In one embodiment, the light array (37) is self-contained with its own power supply. In another embodiment, the light array (37) is electrically connected to an external power supply and controller (28), such as en existing controller associated with the ventilation system (25) of the helmet. In accordance with the invention, the only remote link for the LED clusters and circuit boards is to a control switch and/or power supply (28).