An autonomous medical waste collection assembly (20) for collecting medical waste within a medical facility, the assembly (20) comprising: a base (22); a plurality of wheels coupled to the base (22) with at least one of the wheels (24) being a powered wheel (40) configured to be powered by a motor (42) to move the assembly (20) along a floor surface; a waste collection unit (26) supported by the base (22) comprising: a waste canister (44) for holding the medical waste; and a suction pump (46) in fluid communication with the waste canister (44) and configured to draw a suction on the waste canister (44); and a controller (28) configured to: receive a current location input signal and a disposal location input signal from a locator network (94) within the medical facility; and navigate the assembly to a disposal station (50) based on the current location input signal and the disposal location input signal.
AUTONOMOUS WASTE COLLECTION ASSEMBLY AND MEDICAL WASTE COLLECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS
AUTONOME MÜLLSAMMELANORDNUNG UND SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUM SAMMELN VON MEDIZINISCHEM ABFALL
ENSEMBLE AUTONOME DE COLLECTE DE DÉCHETS ET SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉS DE COLLECTE DE DÉCHETS MÉDICAUX
2021-11-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | A61M DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY , Vorrichtungen zum Einführen oder Aufbringen von Substanzen in oder auf den Körper / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / G05D SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES , Systeme zum Steuern oder Regeln nichtelektrischer veränderlicher Größen |
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