Osram Ostar Medical LED light for medical applications

Osram Opto Semiconductors has introduced the Osram Ostar Medical, an LED light with a colour-rendering index of 95. The ‘tunable white’ LED light offers the possibility of adjusting the temperature of the white light, making it suitable for medical applications such as operating rooms where a precisely controlled chromaticity coordinate and high natural colour rendering are required.

The light comprises four different LED chips in the colours warm white, ultra white, verde and amber. This enables users to set the shade of white emitted by the LED according to individual requirements within a colour temperature range of between 3700 and 5000K - at an overall CRI of 95.

When optimised for the red spectrum (RaR9), the CRI remains at around 95 so that red shades are true to life, making it suitable for light systems in operating rooms.

The compact light has a footprint of 5.9 x 4.8 mm and a housing height of 1.2 mm. The compact design is due to the flat, antireflex-coated glass cover with which the LED is equipped.

The component is standardised, meaning users can use the commonly available lenses. The LED is simple to install with standard soldering processes.