US 12,315,613 B2
Techniques for transporting autonomous patient support apparatuses and medical equipment to an incident scene
Brandon David Naber, Portage, MI (US); Scott Zufall, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and Jeffrey S. Dunfee, II, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/436,077.
Application 18/436,077 is a continuation of application No. 16/671,723, filed on Nov. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,929,157.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/754,798, filed on Nov. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/754,836, filed on Nov. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/754,773, filed on Nov. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0185979 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. G16H 20/13 (2018.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G05D 1/228 (2024.01)
CPC G16H 20/13 (2018.01) [G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/228 (2024.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for transporting medical equipment modules to an incident scene with an autonomous patient support apparatus, the system comprising:
a remote dispatch center configured to dispatch a vehicle loaded with the autonomous patient support apparatus and a plurality of equipment modules to an initial location;
a communication device configured to communicate a refined location of the incident scene to the autonomous patient support apparatus;
a drive system configured to drive the autonomous patient support apparatus loaded with a first medical equipment module;
a navigation system configured to generate a drive path from the initial location to the refined location;
a controller configured to control the drive system based on the drive path such that the drive system drives the autonomous patient support apparatus from the vehicle to the refined location; and
an unloading system configured to unload the autonomous patient support apparatus from the vehicle at the initial location, wherein the unloading system includes a trolley and a track, wherein the autonomous patient support apparatus is configured to couple to the trolley and the trolley is configured to move along the track.