Schott's recent attendance at MEDTEC was devoted to introducing a wide range of new colours for Schott IllumaMed, which was presented for the first time. The Universal Light Guide was was also on display in bright sheathing. The new Schott IllumaMed light source is a small, extremely efficient LED source developed especially for first use with both the flexible and rigid sidelight components that Schott offers. These sidelights are ideally suited for use in ambient lighting as well as functional lighting of buildings or devices. The LED light source is predestined for applications that call for extremely high light output yet offer only very limited installation space. "From now on, we will also be offering this light source from serial manufacturing in the versions RGB, only red, only green, only blue and red/green," explains Jorg Warrelmann, Business Manager for Medical at Schott Lighting and Imaging. The "Universal Light Guide" from Schott for use in medical applications is based on the environmentally-friendly, lead-free glass fibres PURAVIS that the company has already been using in serial manufacturing since the product was first launched in 2012. Only recently, this light guide was introduced in several different colours that are now also being serially manufactured. PURAVIS fibres are the other materials used are designed to meet the special requirements of disinfecting and autoclaving. This extends the service life of the light guide and thus lowers the operating costs during long-term use.
