Patent classifications
A61G15/14
Stabilizer for medical carts
The invention relates to a stabilization device for medical carts as well as to a movable itinerant robotic dental or medical treatment station. One of the objectives of this invention is to provide a stabilization device (100) for a medical cart (200). For this, the inventors propose an easily-actuated mechanical structure and which can be removably mounted or permanently fixed to a floor of the medical cart (200). In practice, the stabilization device according to the invention comprises ground stabilizing feet (110), a control mechanism (120) and a control transmission mechanism (130).
Robotic Dental System and Method of Preparing for a Robotic Dental Procedure
A dental robot includes a platform and a suspension system. The suspension system supports the platform and automatically compensates for weights of the platform and a robot arm, end effector, and tooth clamp attached to the platform. The suspension system maintains a constant height of the platform above a base, absent an external force on the tooth clamp. The suspension system allows position and orientation of the platform to change with three degrees of positional freedom and three degrees of rotational freedom, relative to the base, in response to an external force on the tooth clamp, such as a result of movement (change in position and/or orientation) of a subject. A rigid connection between the tooth clamp and the platform ensures that position and orientation of the platform remains fixed, relative to the subject's teeth, in response to movement of the teeth.
Robotic Dental System and Method of Preparing for a Robotic Dental Procedure
A dental robot includes a platform and a suspension system. The suspension system supports the platform and automatically compensates for weights of the platform and a robot arm, end effector, and tooth clamp attached to the platform. The suspension system maintains a constant height of the platform above a base, absent an external force on the tooth clamp. The suspension system allows position and orientation of the platform to change with three degrees of positional freedom and three degrees of rotational freedom, relative to the base, in response to an external force on the tooth clamp, such as a result of movement (change in position and/or orientation) of a subject. A rigid connection between the tooth clamp and the platform ensures that position and orientation of the platform remains fixed, relative to the subject's teeth, in response to movement of the teeth.