Abstract: A system includes a surgical lighthead including a lighthead housing including a plurality of light emitting elements therein that are arranged to emit light toward to a region of interest, and a handle attached to the lighthead housing. A sensor is integrated with the lighthead and configured to measure an ambient environmental condition at the lighthead. In other embodiments, a medical device support system includes a support and an ambient environmental condition sensor assembly coupled to the support column and including a sensor configured to measure an ambient environmental condition at the ambient environmental condition sensor assembly. A controller is operatively coupled to the sensor and configured to detect an ambient environmental condition based at least in part on the measured ambient environmental condition by the sensor.

Abstract: A surgical lighting system includes a surgical lighthead including a lighthead housing including one or more light emitting elements therein that are arranged to emit light toward a region of interest. In some embodiments a temperature sensor is mounted to the lighthead housing and arranged such that it measures the temperature of a location in the region of interest. In other embodiments, a temperature sensor is external to the lighthead and configured to measure the temperature of a location in the region of interest. A controller is operatively coupled to the temperature sensor and configured to control temperature at the region of interest based at least in part on the temperature measured by the temperature sensor.