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 SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL WASTE
2025-05-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
Spanish
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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