Design and Development of an Inexpensive Footswitch Controlled Surgical Light Prototype for Low Resource Healthcare Setting

Yusuf Kola Ahmed, Sani Saminu, Taiye Mary Ajibola, Mustapha Opeyemi, Zainab Ovayoza Balogun, Taye Mary Ajibola

Abstract


Surgical procedures and patient examination activities have been identified as critical universal health care components by the 2015 world health assembly. These critical tasks often require adequate lighting supply for successful execution. However, surgical lightings are very expensive for rural health care centres in middle and low-income countries. Besides, the epileptic grid power supply has rendered the few available ones underutilized. Technically, most of these lighting designs' control mechanism tends to interfere with the concentration of the surgeon or supporting staff during procedures. Hence, an inexpensive surgical light with footswitch control and battery bank is proposed. The prototype was implemented using 85% locally sourced materials without compromising standards in line with sustainable development goals. The device passed the Chassis leakage test as well as mechanical stability tests. On illumination tests, the device performed seamless control tasks without distraction. It produces a luminosity of 8500lx and correlated colour temperature of 6000k at an average cost of 109 USD.


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