Motion controlling system for motorized medical equipment carriage
CA 2371817 A1 · Owner: Hologic, Inc. · Inventors: Vartolone, Joseph; Farbizio, Thomas A.; Payne, Nicholas W. P.
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A motion controlling system for providing a motion control signal to a motor driving a wheel of a medical equipment carriage is described. The system includes a handle having an end movably supported by the carriage so as to permit movement of the handle end relative to the carriage in a direction in which movement of the apparatus is desired. The system is also provided with an optical position encoding means, coupled between the handle end and the carriage, for providing a position signal indicating the position of the handle end relative to the carriage. A motion control means responsive to the , position signal from the optical position encoding means provides a motion , control …
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- Filed February 15, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended February 15, 2020.
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