Excelitas Technologies Introduces New X-Cite Vitae vIR

 Excelitas Technologies Corp., a global developer of customized photonic solutions, has added X-Cite Vitae vIR to its X-Cite fluorescence illuminator product line. X-Cite Vitae vIR is a customizable, multi-wavelength illumination system designed for high precision medical illumination and diagnostic applications.   
 
The X-Cite Vitae vIR provides versatile, high-performance illumination for color-sensitive applications, including surgical endoscopy, according to the company. Designed to replace traditional 180W or 300W xenon sources, this high brightness, solid-state white light source features adjustable color temperature and repeatable output in an easily-integrative turnkey system. X-Cite Vitae vIR offers a unique capability to shape the spectrum in accordance with the camera being used to obtain the desired color temperature in an image for accurate diagnosis.
 
With up to six high-power wavelengths (400-410nm, 450-460nm, 500-600nm, 625-640nm, and 780-790nm), ranging from visible to IR, the X-Cite Vitae vIR offers maximum flexibility for fluorescence excitation in applications such as endoscopy and surgical visualization. Wavelengths can be customized according to application, and controlled in any combination or individually; it has a tunable correlated color temperature (CCT) for RGB white configuration, and spectral shaping for high color rendering index (CRI). The system can be tailored with feedback sensors to monitor output wavelength.
 
Multiple control options include manual on/off and intensity control, with 1 percent increments for each color; USB control, RS232 control and I/O connectivity. TTL input is available for on/off control with 2.4V-5V TTL compatibility. Analog I/O intensity control is also available. Footprint, controls, wavelength, and spectrum can all be customized to suit a customer’s particular device design and application requirements.

The X-Cite Vitae vIR maintains color balance over its lifetime with optional feedback sensors and ensures color uniformity across large field of views. The system will match any CCT with individual RGB control, and can achieve CRI of over 90 percent required for medical applications. Light delivery can be designed to maximize coupling efficiency to the sample of interest. The addition of UV and NIR wavelengths allows for excitation of surgical fluorophores ranging from PPIX (UV excitation) to ICG (NIR excitation).
 
“The new X-Cite Vitae vIR product is offered as part of Excelitas’ initiative to expand its X-Cite product line availability for OEMs,” said Oliver Scheuss, vice president of Solid State Lighting and UV/Microscopy, Excelitas. “Its advanced engineering will help take medical illumination to the next level, enabling more accurate and reliable diagnostics.”
 
Excelitas Technologies Corp. develops high-performance, market-driven photonic solutions to meet the lighting, detection and other technology needs in the biomedical technology, research laboratory, safety and security, consumer, semiconductor, industrial, energy and environment, and defense and aerospace industries. The company has approximately 5,500 employees in North America, Europe and Asia, serving customers across the world.