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

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9465389
APP PUB NO 20160077524A1
SERIAL NO

14936991

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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.

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  • ELWHA LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hyde, Roderick A Redmond, US 2910 56057
Malaska, Stephen L Redmond, US 109 1231

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