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Excelitas Technologies Introduces its Newest “White” ACULED® for
Medical OEM Applications
ACULED delivers the balanced combination of CCT, high CRI, high R9, and the light output
needed for surgical, examination, and dental operatory lighting
WALTHAM, Mass. and PFAFFENHOFEN, Germany, April 12, 2012, Excelitas Technologies, a global
technology leader focused on delivering innovative, customized optoelectronics to OEMs seeking high-
performance technology solutions, announced the introduction of its newest model in the ACULED®
Family of Chip-On-Board LED packages, one expressly designed to meet the rigorous performance
requirements of medical applications such as surgical operating room lights, examination lights, and
dental operatory lights.
Excelitas’ newest ACULED® model contains 4 separately addressable LED chips to provide widely tunable
color temperatures (CCT) from 3500
o
to 5500
o
K, while maintaining the high Color Rendering Index (CRI),
high R9 value, and light output (luminous flux) required in the operating room. With the new ACULED
model, CRIs over 95 are achievable along with R9 values of well above 90. CRI is a quantitative measure
of the ability of a light source to reproduce colors in comparison to a reference light source, evaluated
on a 100-point scale. The R9 value indicates how well the light shows deep, saturated shades of red. The
color red is clearly critical in medical applications such as surgery.
Additional benefits of the ACULED platform include excellent heat transfer from the chips to substrate
and heat sink, and its compact design with chips that are extremely closely spaced, allowing for
improved color mixing and compact optics.
Excelitas offers a standard 4-chip COB package (ACULED Model R3C6) that comes with Warm-white,
Cool-white, Red, and Cyan LED dice. In addition, Excelitas offers a variety of design-your-own (DYO) chip
combinations, one of the hallmarks of the flexible ACULED platform. All ACULED models are
manufactured in Excelitas Technologies’ Pfaffenhofen, Germany facility, which is ISO 9001-certified.
“Excelitas’ newest ACULED for high CRI medical applications is an important addition to our growing
portfolio of solid state lighting products that are specifically designed for integration into OEM medical
applications such as surgical operating room lights,” said Joel Falcone, senior vice president and general
manager of Excelitas Technologies’ global lighting business.
“LEDs are rapidly becoming the standard for surgical operating room lighting versus halogen and Xenon
technologies and, through its flexible ACULED platform, Excelitas is excited to be able to provide medical
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OEMs with attractive options for a surgical lighting system that can effectively balance color
temperature with CRI and light brightness,” Mr. Falcone added.
The new ACULED Model R3C6 for medical applications will be demonstrated at Excelitas’ Booth in Hall 1,
D15/D16, 2F at the 67
th
China International Medical Equipment Fair (CMEF) in Shenzhen, China on April
17 - April 20, 2012.
More information on the ACULED Family can be found on the Excelitas website.
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About Excelitas Technologies
Excelitas Technologies is a global technology leader focused on delivering innovative, customized
solutions to meet the lighting, detection and other high-performance technology needs of OEM
customers. From medical lighting to analytical instrumentation, clinical diagnostics, industrial, safety and
security, and aerospace and defense applications, Excelitas Technologies is committed to enabling our
customers' success in their end-markets. Excelitas Technologies has approximately 3,000 employees in
North America, Europe and Asia, serving customers across the world.
Contacts:
Francine S. Bernitz
Director of Marketing, Excelitas Technologies
francine.bernitz@excelitas.com
781.522.5914
Danielle Wuschke
Fleishman-Hillard, on behalf of Excelitas Technologies
danielle.wuschke@fleishman.com
617.692.0509