A surgical illumination system includes a retractor having a proximal handle portion and a distal portion adapted for insertion into a surgical field and retraction of body tissue, and a light guide disposed on the retractor, said light guide having a distal surface adapted to face the surgical fiel
A surgical illumination system includes a retractor having a proximal handle portion and a distal portion adapted for insertion into a surgical field and retraction of body tissue, and a light guide disposed on the retractor, said light guide having a distal surface adapted to face the surgical field when in use in retracting body tissue away from a surgical field, and a proximal aperture adapted to receive light from a light engine or other light source wherein a portion of the distal surface adapted to face the surgical field is faceted with a plurality of facets, ridges, steps or shoulders, wherein the distally oriented surface of said facets, ridges, steps or shoulders are angled relative to the axis of the light guide and the location of the surgical field such that light passing through the light guide is emitted and directed toward the surgical field.
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1. A medical retractor illumination system comprising: a retractor having a front surface facing a surgical field, a rear surface, a distal and a proximal end and a shape, wherein the rear surface is adapted to engage tissue to expose the surgical field;a light guide disposed over the front surface
1. A medical retractor illumination system comprising: a retractor having a front surface facing a surgical field, a rear surface, a distal and a proximal end and a shape, wherein the rear surface is adapted to engage tissue to expose the surgical field;a light guide disposed over the front surface and conforming to the shape of the retractor and removably secured to the retractor to conduct light through the front and rear surfaces of the retractor, the light guide having an input adapter and one or more light emitting surfaces comprising a plurality of facets, and wherein the light guide has a cross-section with a width and thickness, the thickness changing from a proximal end of the light guide toward a distal end thereof, andwherein the light guide comprises a plurality of zones for illuminating the surgical field, the plurality of facets disposed in the plurality of zones, and wherein at least some of the plurality of facets in a first zone are different than the plurality of facets in a second zone; anda light source providing illumination energy to the input adapter. 2. The medical retractor illumination system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the light emitting surfaces comprises a plurality of steps. 3. The medical retractor illumination system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the light emitting surfaces comprises a plurality of curved facets. 4. The medical retractor illumination system of claim 1 wherein the retractor is a McCulloch blade retractor. 5. The medical retractor illumination system of claim 1 wherein the retractor is a Caspar blade retractor. 6. The medical retractor illumination system of claim 1 wherein the retractor is an offset McCulloch blade retractor. 7. The medical retractor illumination system of claim 1 wherein the width of the light guide changes from the proximal end of the light guide to the distal end thereof. 8. The medical retractor illumination system of claim 1 wherein the input adapter comprises a round cross-section transitioning into a rectangular cross-section. 9. A surgical illumination system comprising: a retractor having a proximal handle portion and a distal portion adapted for insertion into a surgical field and retraction of body tissue, and wherein the retractor has a front surface facing the surgical field and a rear surface adapted to engage tissue to expose the surgical field;a light guide disposed over the front surface of the retractor, said light guide having a distal surface adapted to face the surgical field when in use in retracting body tissue away from a surgical field, and wherein the light guide has a cross-section with a width and thickness, the thickness changing from a proximal end of the light guide toward a distal end thereof; anda proximal aperture adapted to receive light from a light engine or other light source;wherein a portion of the distal surface of the light guide is faceted with a plurality of facets, ridges, steps or shoulders, wherein a distally oriented surface of said plurality of facets, ridges, steps or shoulders are angled relative to the axis of the light guide and the location of the surgical field such that light passing through the light guide is emitted and directed toward the surgical field, and wherein the light guide comprises a plurality of zones for illuminating the surgical field, the plurality of facets disposed in the plurality of zones, and wherein at least some of the plurality of facets in a first zone are different than the plurality of facets in a second zone. 10. The illumination system of claim 9 wherein a portion of the distal surface of the light guide opposite the surgical field is faceted with a plurality of facets, ridges, steps or shoulders, where a distally oriented surface of said plurality of facets, ridges, steps or shoulders are angled relative to the axis of the light guide and the location of the surgical field such that light passing through the light guide is reflected from the plurality of facets, ridges, steps or shoulders toward the surgical field then emitted and directed toward the surgical field. 11. The illumination system of claim 9 wherein the width of the light guide changes from the proximal end of the light guide to the distal end thereof. 12. The illumination system of claim 9 further comprising an input adapter coupled to the proximal aperture and adapted to deliver light from a light source to the light guide, wherein the input adapter comprises a round cross-section transitioning into a rectangular cross-section.
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