Safer Surgeries: The Lighted Surgical Patty

College of Engineering

Dr. Sung Il Park is working with the Barrow Neurological Institute to develop and test a new surgical light that could revolutionize lighting techniques in the future. Park and his collaborators have developed a wireless surgical lighting device that is actually a light within a surgical patty, which is a pad used during most operations to protect tissues and manage fluid. Instead of being an external overhead light or even a light on another type of surgical tool, the patty design allows for …