BRANDON MEDICAL has won a major award grant from the Technology Strategy Board Smart scheme. The award includes funding that will be used for the development of a step change solution in surgical lighting technology.
There are key issues that must be addressed in the development of medical lighting technology. The key parameters are colour rendition (Ra), visible red rendition (R9), light intensity, heat emission, uniformity of illuminated field, beam shape and shadow reduction. Brandon Medical has already addressed these issues in the development of its HD-LED technology. HD-LED technology produces extremely high colour rendition, visible red rendition (R9 = 98) and at extremely high energy efficiency. With the aid of the Technology Strategy Board award, Brandon aim to push the boundaries of HD-LED technology to create the ideal surgical light. Managing director, Graeme Hall, comments: “The Smart grant will enable us to further advance our patented HD-LED technology for next generation medical applications. The technology has already proved to be hugely successful and we are aiming to take LED lighting, and our product range to the next level.”
