PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUSES WITH NAVIGATION AND GUIDANCE SYSTEMS

Patient support apparatuses, such as beds, cots, stretchers, recliners, or the like, include control systems with one or more image, radar, and/or laser sensors to detect objects and determine if a likelihood of collision exists. If so, the control system controls the speed and steering of the patie...

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Hauptverfasser:	Puvogel, Thomas Alan, Furman, Aaron Douglas, Vanderplas, Jason A, Hayes, Michael Joseph, Bhimavarapu, Krishna Sandeep, Galer, James K, Campbell, Jonathan David, Brosnan, Daniel Vincent
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY CONTROLLING FUNERAL DEVICES GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES MEASURING MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE NAVIGATION OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY PHYSICS REGULATING SURVEYING SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES TESTING TRANSPORT OR ACCOMODATION FOR PATIENTS TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	Patient support apparatuses, such as beds, cots, stretchers, recliners, or the like, include control systems with one or more image, radar, and/or laser sensors to detect objects and determine if a likelihood of collision exists. If so, the control system controls the speed and steering of the patient support apparatus in order to reduce the likelihood of collision. The control system may be adapted to autonomously drive the patient support apparatus, to transmit a message to a remote device indicating whether it is occupied by a patient or not, and/or to transmit its route to the remote device. The remote device may determine an estimate of a time of arrival of the patient support apparatus at a particular destination and/or determine a distance of the patient support apparatus from the particular destination.