US 12,280,198 B2
Autonomous waste collection assembly and medical waste collection system and methods
Stephen J. Reasoner, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Andy Staats, Issaquah, WA (US); Brian MacLachlan, Norton Shores, MI (US); and Tamitha M. Dollman, Hampton, AL (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/890,369.
Application 17/890,369 is a continuation of application No. 16/755,215, granted, now 11,446,423, previously published as PCT/US2018/057088, filed on Oct. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/575,833, filed on Oct. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0387692 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01); B60L 53/36 (2019.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/63 (2021.05) [B60L 53/36 (2019.02); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3389 (2013.01); A61M 2205/502 (2013.01); A61M 2205/52 (2013.01); A61M 2209/01 (2013.01); A61M 2209/086 (2013.01); G05D 1/0225 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An autonomous medical waste collection assembly for collecting medical waste within a medical facility, the autonomous medical waste collection assembly comprising:
a base;
wheels supporting the base with at least one of the wheels being a powered wheel configured to be powered by a motor;
a waste collection unit supported by the base and comprising a manifold receiver configured to removably receive a manifold to which a suction tube is couplable, a waste canister in fluid communication with the manifold receiver, and a suction pump in fluid communication with the waste canister and configured to draw medical waste from a patient through the suction tube and the manifold to be collected in the waste canister; and
a controller in electronic communication with the powered wheel and configured to transmit a movement signal for the motor to power the powered wheel to move the autonomous medical waste collection assembly along a floor surface.