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Why Don't Surgery Lights Make Shadows? Surgical lights are designed to minimize or eliminate shadows to ensure a clear, consistent view of the surgical site. This is achieved through several features. Firstly, they use multiple light sources arranged in a circular or multi-headed pattern, so if one beam is blocked by a surgeon’s hand or instrument, light from another angle fills in the shadow. Secondly, they produce a highly focused, parallel, and bright beam, which reduces the sharpness of any

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