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US 2019/0160865 A1Published application
Medical device with an omni-wheel and an omni-wheel arrangement
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsRavindra BHAT, Shailesh Kumar AGRAHARI
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an omni wheel (312′, 312″, 312′″) and an omni wheel arrangement allowing for easy movement of a medical device by using braking devices (307a, 307b, 307c, 307d).
Claims15
A mobile surgery system comprising at least one omni-wheel for moving the mobile surgery system, the omni-wheel comprising:
- at least one wheel device having a wheel body;
- a wheel shaft arranged in the center of the wheel body;
- at least one roller device;
- at least one of a wheel braking device and/or a roller braking device;
- wherein the at least one roller device has a roller shaft and a roller body;
- wherein the at least one roller device is arranged on the wheel body such that at least a part of the circumferential surface of the roller device forms at least a part of a circumferential surface of the wheel body;
- wherein the wheel braking device is adapted for blocking a movement of the wheel body around the wheel shaft;
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- wherein the roller braking device is adapted for blocking a movement of the roller body around the roller shaft, and
- wherein the wheel braking device and the roller braking device are activatable independently.
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An omni-wheel comprising:
- a wheel device having a wheel body;
- a wheel shaft arranged in the center of the wheel body;
- at least one roller device;
- at least one of a wheel braking device and a roller braking device;
- wherein the at least one roller device has a roller shaft and a roller body;
- wherein the at least one roller device is arranged on the wheel body such that at least a part of the circumferential surface of the roller device forms at least a part of a circumferential surface of the wheel body;
- wherein the wheel braking device is adapted for blocking a movement of the wheel body around the wheel shaft;
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- wherein the roller braking device is adapted for blocking a movement of the roller body around the roller shaft,
- wherein the wheel braking device and the roller braking device are activatable independently.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.