Controlling movement of medical apparatus
AssigneeBeijing Neusoft Medical Equipment Co., Ltd.
InventorShang GAO
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Abstract
A medical apparatus is provided. According to an example, the medical apparatus may include a gantry, a plurality of movable wheels disposed at a bottom of the gantry, and a movement controller; where each of the movable wheels comprises a hub and a plurality of driven wheels disposed at the periphery of the hub, an axis of each of the driven wheels and an axis of the hub forming an included angle and rotation of the hub driving rotation of the driven wheels, and the movement controller configured to control a moving direction and a moving speed of the gantry by controlling rotation of the plurality of the movable wheels.
Claims17
A medical apparatus, comprising:
- a gantry;
- a plurality of movable wheels disposed at a bottom of the gantry, each of the plurality of movable wheels comprises:
- a hub;
- and
- a plurality of driven wheels disposed at a periphery of the hub, wherein an axis of each of the driven wheels and an axis of the hub form an included angle, and rotation of the hub is capable of causing rotation of the plurality of driving wheels;
- and
- a movement controller configured to control a moving direction and a moving speed of the gantry by controlling rotation of the plurality of movable wheels.
A method of controlling a medical apparatus to move, comprising:
- disposing a plurality of movable wheels at a bottom of a gantry of the medical apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of movable wheels comprises a hub, and a plurality of driven wheels disposed at a periphery of the hub;
- an axis of each of the driven wheels and an axis of the hub form an included angle, and rotation of the hub is capable of causing rotation of the driven wheels;
- and controlling a moving direction and a moving speed of the gantry by controlling respective hub of one or more movable wheels to rotate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.