Autonomous mobile robot for in-hospital patient transport, including stretchers, hospital beds, cots, patient carts, and gurneys
AssigneeRovex Technologies Corporation
InventorsDavid CRABB, Axton ISALY
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Abstract
An autonomous robotic system and methods for transporting patient stretchers, hospital beds, gurneys, and other patient transport apparatuses are provided. The autonomous robotic system includes a mobile robot module including extendable arms configured to interface with wheels of patient apparatuses; a wheel engagement module configured for capturing, lifting, guiding, caging, steering, or pulling the wheels of the patient apparatuses; and a navigation module including LiDAR, computer vision, and/or other sensors to autonomously guide the mobile robot module within hospital environments.
Claims20
An autonomous robotic system for transporting a patient apparatus, including stretchers, hospital beds, gurneys, and other patient transport apparatuses, comprising:
- a mobile robot module comprising an extendable arm configured to interface with at least one wheel of a patient apparatus;
- a wheel engagement module configured for capturing, lifting, guiding, caging, steering, or pulling at least one wheel of the patient apparatus;
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- a navigation module comprising LiDAR, computer vision, and/or another sensor to autonomously guide the mobile robot module within a hospital environment.
A method for transporting patient apparatus, including stretchers, hospital beds, gurneys, and other patient transport apparatuses, comprising:
- engaging, lifting, guiding, caging, steering, or pulling by an autonomous robotic system, wheels of the patient apparatuses for autonomous movement.
A system comprising:
- two autonomous robotic systems configured to collaborate to lift, guide, cage, steer, or pull two or more wheels of a patient apparatus, allowing an entire stretcher, bed, or gurney to be transported on ground or off ground.
An autonomous mobile robot system for in-hospital patient transport apparatus, comprising:
- a steering assembly;
- a drive motor;
- a plurality of extendable arms;
- and
- a wheel engagement module configured to engage with wheels of the transport apparatuses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.