Systems and methods for a mobile medical device drive platform
AssigneeGE Precision Healthcare LLC
InventorG.S.Sampath Kumar
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for controlling movement of a mobile medical device drive platform. In one example, a mobile platform includes a chassis configured to house one or more medical devices, an omnidirectional wheel system including an omnidirectional wheel coupled to the chassis, a battery housed in the chassis, the battery configured to supply power to drive the omnidirectional wheel system and/or supply power to operate the one or more medical devices, and a battery charging system housed in the chassis, where the battery charging system is configured to facilitate wired and/or wireless charging of the battery.
Claims19
A mobile platform, comprising:
- a chassis configured to house one or more medical devices;
- an omnidirectional wheel system including an omnidirectional wheel coupled to the chassis;
- a battery housed in the chassis, the battery configured to supply power to drive the omnidirectional wheel system and/or supply power to operate the one or more medical devices;
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- a battery management system housed in the chassis, where the battery management system is configured to facilitate wired and/or wireless charging of the battery.
A method of operation of a mobile platform driven by an omnidirectional wheel system having a chassis configured to house one or more medical devices, comprising:
- moving the mobile platform by driving one or more omnidirectional wheels with an electric motor and a battery responsive to a user input physically interfacing with the mobile platform;
- wirelessly charging the battery;
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- controlling the moving of the mobile platform based on a configuration of a medical device coupled to the mobile platform.
A mobile platform, comprising:
- a chassis configured to house one or more medical devices;
- a forward wheel set coupled to the chassis;
- a rearward wheel set coupled to the chassis and comprising two omnidirectional wheel systems each including an omnidirectional wheel;
- a battery housed in the chassis, the battery configured to supply power to drive each omnidirectional wheel and supply power to operate the one or more medical devices;
- a swivel column;
- a battery management system housed in the chassis, where the battery management system is configured to facilitate wired and/or wireless charging of the battery;
- a hybrid user interface (UIF) handle with multi-directional sensing;
- a drive controller configured to automatically control the two omnidirectional wheel systems, wherein the battery is positioned between the forward and rearward wheel sets and rearward of the swivel column, the drive controller further configured to receive input from the hybrid UIF handle and control operation of the two omnidirectional wheel systems in response thereto;
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- a rear suspension system including a brace and a single centrally positioned coil spring, wherein each of the two omnidirectional wheel systems has a motor drive housed under the suspension brace and a wheel motor that drives the corresponding omnidirectional wheel via a split-drive axle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.