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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2019
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Michael Joseph Hayes, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Krishna Sandeep Bhimavarapu, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Daniel Vincent Brosnan, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Aaron Douglas Furman, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Jonathan David Campbell, Scotts, MI (US);
Thomas Alan Puvogel, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
James K. Galer, Byron Center, MI (US);
Jason A. Vanderplas, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Abstract
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.