A47L2201/02

Integrated operating room sterilization system—design and components
11439558 · 2022-09-13 · ·

Described herein are components, systems, and methods of use of an integrated sterilization system comprising a pass-through logistics cabinet, an ozone sterilization system, a floor sterilization robot, and systems for controlling such components. An integrated operating room sterilization system will allow mitigation or elimination of risks (e.g., infrastructural risks (e.g., OI risks), procedural risks (e.g., risk of infection and contamination) that are associated with a setting in a healthcare environment. The elimination of clutter, control of major components under a unified and intuitive user interface, and the logical elimination of potential accumulated risk events (e.g., OI risks) and procedural risks are deliberately addressed, in whole or in part, by the present disclosure. The present disclosure describes the following: a pass-through logistics cabinet, an ozone sterilization system, a floor sterilization robot, and systems for controlling such components.

Cleaner
11419470 · 2022-08-23 · ·

A cleaner may include a main body configured to be ascendable and descendable with respect to a suspension assembly provided to absorb shocks applied to a wheel assembly, thereby enabling the suspension assembly to continuously absorb shocks even when the height of the main body is adjusted. The cleaner may further include a charging terminal configured to connect to an external docking device to charge the cleaner and provided on a bottom surface of the main body, a drive assembly including a wheel assembly to drive the main body, a height adjuster coupled to the main body to ascend or descend together with the main body and mounted to the drive assembly so as to be ascendable and descendable, and a controller to ascend the height adjuster and raise the main body when the main body is set to be docked with the docking device.

MOBILE ROBOT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF
20220257074 · 2022-08-18 · ·

A mobile robot of the present disclosure includes: a traveling unit configured to move a main body; a lidar sensor configured to acquire terrain information outside the main body; a camera sensor configured to acquire an image outside the main body; and a controller configured to fuse the image and a detection signal of the lidar sensor to select a front edge for the next movement and set a target location of the next movement at the front edge to perform mapping travelling. Therefore, in a situation where there is no map, the mobile robot can provide an accurate map with a minimum speed change when travelling while drawing the map.

CLEANING ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

A method of controlling a cleaning robot includes: acquiring a marked position of a charging station in a map; controlling the cleaning robot to travel to a front position of the marked position and identifying the charging station; when the charging station is not identified, generating a finding path based on the marked position; and controlling the cleaning robot to travel in accordance with the finding path and identifying the charging station in a traveling process.

Nicotine pouch
11406630 · 2022-08-09 · ·

A pouch designed for administration of an active ingredient in the oral cavity is disclosed, the pouch containing a matrix composition including a combination of nicotine and a water-soluble composition.

Integrated operating room lighting and patient warming system—design and components
11389361 · 2022-07-19 ·

An integrated and modular air and lighting plenum that is the primary directional lighting mounting apparatus and laminar flow diffuser of an HVAC system in a healthcare setting. The plenum provides laminar air flow from the ceiling to the room in which it is located in accordance with HVAC requirements for healthcare environment settings, by using a plurality of cylindrical airflow outlets. The use of cylindrical airflow outlets promotes laminar airflow by reducing sharp boundaries that induce turbulence (e.g., the corners of rectangular or square outlets) and creates a highly sterile environment around the patient and staff in the operating room. The surgical lights used in the integrated air and lighting plenum allow the beam direction, spot size, focal point, brightness, and color temperature of the emitted light to be controlled.

ROBOT VACUUM CLEANER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF
20220211237 · 2022-07-07 · ·

A robot vacuum cleaner and a controlling method thereof are provided. The robot vacuum cleaner includes a driver configured to move the robot vacuum cleaner; a memory storing information about a charging station of the robot vacuum cleaner; and a processor configured to: based on entering a return mode for returning to the charging station, control the driver to move the robot vacuum cleaner to the charging station based on the information about the charging station stored in the memory; perform a dust removal operation based on a distance between the robot vacuum cleaner and the charging station being less than or equal to a critical distance; and control the driver to move the robot vacuum cleaner such that the robot vacuum cleaner is in contact with the charging station after the dust removal operation.

Predictive maintenance of mobile cleaning robot
11382473 · 2022-07-12 · ·

Described herein are systems and methods for assessing a health status of a cleaning head assembly in a mobile cleaning robot. The mobile robot includes motorized cleaning member that rotatably engages a floor surface to extract debris. An exemplary system includes a processor circuit that receives robot data produced by the mobile cleaning robot traversing an environment, determines a robot parameter using a portion of the received robot data corresponding to a floor area having a specific surface condition traversed repeatedly by the mobile cleaning robot, and determines a state of the cleaning head and an estimate of remaining useful life of the cleaning head based on the robot parameter. The determined state of the cleaning head system can be provide to a user via a user interface.

Obstacle recognition method for autonomous robots

Provided is a method for operating a robot, including capturing images of a workspace, comparing at least one object from the captured images to objects in an object dictionary, identifying a class to which the at least one object belongs using an object classification unit, instructing the robot to execute at least one action based on the object class identified, capturing movement data of the robot, and generating a planar representation of the workspace based on the captured images and the movement data, wherein the captured images indicate a position of the robot relative to objects within the workspace and the movement data indicates movement of the robot.

Evacuation Station
20220287527 · 2022-09-15 ·

A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a base and a storage compartment. The base can be configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot. The base can include an electrical power interface configured to provide electrical power to the mobile cleaning robot. The storage compartment can be integrated with the base and the storage compartment can be sized and shaped to receive a user-replaceable accessory associated with the base or the mobile cleaning robot.