Astralite plus is a recently introduced minor surgical and examination light from Brandon Medical which the company says provides ‘higher intensity bright light’, has a light head positionable ‘all the way around the couch’, and offers an LED life of 50,000 hours, ‘equating to over 20 years’ normal use’.
Brandon said: “Higher intensity bright light at 1 m provides 100,000 lux or 60,000 lux; providing ample light for even the most demanding procedure. With a larger illuminated area of 195 mm diameter, Astralite plus makes it easy to illuminate large areas of tissue, and to target the light on the wound.
“The beams of light have a focus depth of 970 mm ‘to penetrate into deep cavities’, with all the visible colours naturally and accurately reproduced. The high Ra>94 describes the exceptionally high quality of white light, with the high R9>92 measurement ensuring accurate illumination of red tissue.”
Astralite plus uses <30 Watt to produce 100,000 lux, or <18 Watt to produce 60,000 lux. The LEDs are mercury-free, and do not contain CFCs, POPs, VOCs, halogens, ‘or other harmful chemicals’. They emit only cold light without infrared, ‘ideal for comfort and safety’.
