Automated systems, devices, and methods for transporting and supporting patients

摘要

Systems, devices, and methods are described for moving a patient to and from various locations, care units, etc., within a care facility. For example a transport and support vehicle includes a body structure including a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, and a surface structured and dimensioned to support an individual subject. A transport and support vehicle can include, for example, an imager operably coupled to one or more of a power source, a steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., and having one or more modules operable to control the power source, steering assembly, one or more of the plurality of rotatable members, etc., so as to maintain an authorized operator in the image zone.

主权项

1. A self-guided patient-support and transport vehicle, comprising:
a self-guided-vehicle navigation controller including
a route-to-destination control module including circuitry operable to generate route-to-destination information based on one or more patient verification inputs; and a body structure including
a surface configured to support an individual,a steering assembly having a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, the steering assembly operable to vary a steering angle of at least one of the plurality of rotatable members,a power source, anda motor for driving one or more of the plurality of rotatable members; the self-guided-vehicle navigation controller operably coupled to at least one of the plurality of rotatable members, the power source, and the motor, and configured to generate one or more control commands for navigating the self-guided patient-support and transport vehicle to at least a first target location along a travel route based on the route-to-destination information, and wherein the self-guided-vehicle is configured for omni-directional travel.