Clinicon: A Service Robot Designed to Position and Transport Patient: First Conceptual Design and Applications Report

• Main Authors: Sorayouth Chumnanvej, Preedipat Sattayasoonthorn, Dilok Puanhvuan, Nuttawut Rohitasathira, Jackrit Suthakorn, สรยุทธ ชำนาญเวช, ปรีดิพัทธ์ สัตยสุนทร, ดิลก ปืนฮวน, ณัฐวุฒิ โรหิตเสถียร, จักรกฤษณ์ ศุทธากรณ์
• Other Authors: Mahidol University. Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital. Department of Surgery
• Format: Original Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Clinicon; Service robot; Position and transportation; Patients
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/79795
• Institution: Mahidol University

Generally, patients are needed to lift and move by doctors, nurses or medical assistances in the hospital. Simple pick and place patient is the usual way performing in hospitals and other medical services, particularly during emergent situations, within the operating room or changing to another hospital room or transporting to the other hospital. Transporting procedure are mainly essential for paralyzed or obese patients. In this present study, the robot called Clinicon, was presented with the feasibility and conceptual design to assist the medical teams to transport and also to position the patients particularly in the operating room with safety concern. The first main conceptual system of Clinicon consists of the line follow tracking system and the designed manipulator for transporting and positioning the patient to perform the task only in the operating room. However, this is still the conceptual design, the practical version robot; Clinicon, is quite challenge to be built in the future.