Claims:1. An intelligent medical robot (100) for monitoring vital signs for healthcare environment, comprises of:
a robot body (101) including: a main control computer (102); an image recognition unit and a flash lamp which are provided with an upper portion of the robot body (101), said the main control computer (102) is coupled to a rigid stand (102a) for providing a support to the main control computer (102) that includes a PCB plate, a touch-screen, a microphone and a switch key;
a plurality of shelves (103) configured to attach the robot body (101) which is provide to deliver food or medicines;
a collaborative arm (104) configured to fix above the plurality of shelves (13) of robot body (101) which is controlled through remote;
four road wheels (105) configured to fix a lower portion of the robot body (101) for driving the intelligent medical robot (100) from one location to another location, wherein the four road wheels (105) are operated by four different 4 high torque motors (108) and control by a H-bridge circuit; and
a mobility framework (107) which is configured with a solid base and attached to 4 different high torque motors (108) through clamps for driving the intelligent medical robot (100);
wherein the intelligent medical robot (100) is completely wireless remote control which can be controlled by a doctor or healthcare professional and providing an interface of two-way communication module with two-way display module between the doctor and patient, thereby monitoring vital signs to the patients through rotation of the intelligent medical robot (100) by the doctor or healthcare professional.
2. The intelligent medical robot (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the collaborative arm (104) is provided with an infrared temperature measuring device, a stethoscope and an oximetry sensor to measure oxygen level.
3. The intelligent medical robot (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the collaborative arm (104) is controlled by the doctor or healthcare professional.
4. The intelligent medical robot (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image recognition unit comprises a dual communication wireless video camera i.e. CMOS camera.
5. The intelligent medical robot (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the signs are included but are not limited to group consisting of heart rate monitoring, body temperature detection through infrared sensors, food and medicine delivery system, constant video streaming ability for the doctors through the intelligent medical robot (100) and a set of robotic grippers in accordance with an inbuilt system of sanitizing through alcohol using certain pipes and pumps throughout a bot, allows us to make a fail proof system.
6. The intelligent medical robot (100) as claimed in claim 1, further comprises a sanitization tank (106) and pipelines which are placed on the above to the plurality of shelves (103) to sanitize an area alcohol based sanitizer filled in the sanitization tank (106) situated in the bot.
7. The intelligent medical robot (100) as claimed in claim 1, further comprises a GPS and an ultrasound sensor configured to fix the robot body (100) where the GPS navigates autonomously, and the ultrasound sensor avoids obstacles in the path.
8. The intelligent medical robot (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the height of the bot is adjusted using high torque actuators.
9. The intelligent medical robot (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the power consumption is very low approximately 110 nW along with high resolution and accuracy.
10. The intelligent medical robot (100) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the resolution of temperature sensor is 0.035C with very less inaccuracies approximately 0.1C.
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[0026] Fig. 1 illustrates front view of intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
[0027] Fig. 2 illustrates back view of intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
[0028] Fig. 3 illustrates side view of intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
[0029] Fig. 4 illustrates top side view of intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
[0030] Fig. 5 illustrates block diagram of bot section of intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
[0031] Fig. 6 illustrates block diagram of RC section of intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
[0032] Fig. 7 illustrates block diagram of temperature sensor of intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
[0033] Fig. 8 illustrates graphical representation of pulse sensor connection with Arduino of intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
[0034] The figure depicts embodiments of the present subject matter for the purposes of illustration only. A person skilled in the art will easily recognize from the following description that alternative embodiments of the structures and methods illustrated herein may be employed without departing from the principles of the disclosure described herein.
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[0035] While the embodiments of the disclosure are subject to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiment thereof have been shown by way of example in the figures and will be described below. It should be understood, however, that it is not intended to limit the disclosure to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, the disclosure is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternative falling within the scope of the disclosure.
[0036] The terms “comprises”, “comprising”, or any other variations thereof used in the disclosure, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a device, system, assembly that comprises a list of components does not include only those components but may include other components not expressly listed or inherent to such system, or assembly, or device. In other words, one or more elements in a system or device proceeded by “comprises… a” does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of other elements or additional elements in the system or device.
[0037] The present subject matter relates to intelligent medical robot for monitoring vital signs for healthcare environment while providing the doctors, a safe distance from the patient to lower the risk of infection. Signs like, heart rate monitoring, body temperature detection through infrared sensors, food and medicine delivery system, constant video streaming ability for the doctors through the robot and a set of robotic grippers in accordance with an inbuilt system of sanitizing through alcohol using certain pipes and pumps throughout the bot, allows us to make a fail proof system.
[0038] In the present embodiment, Remote wellbeing observing (RHM) framework is turning out to be all the more generally embraced by the healthcare professionals such as, clinicians and emergency clinics to remotely screen and speak with patients while streamlining clinician time, diminishing emergency clinic costs, and improving nature of care. In the Women's Heart Health Study (WHHS) created Wanda-CVD, where members got sound way of life instruction followed by a half year of innovation support. Furthermore, the Wanda-CVD is a cell phone based RHM framework intended to help members in lessening recognized cardiovascular illness (CVD) hazard factors through remote training utilizing input and prompts as social help. Numerous members profited by this RHM robot body. In light of the fluctuation in members' prosperity we built up a structure to distinguish order conspires that anticipated effective and fruitless members. Accordingly, broke down both relevant pattern highlights and information from the principal month of mediation, for example, action, blood weight and poll reactions transmitted through the smart phone.
[0039] In an advancement of a Bluetooth remote control (wireless) in Java Micro Edition to order gadgets based on microcontrollers. The plausibility of the framework was illustrated by the creation of a Bluetooth remote control ready to control the developments of a toy vehicle. This model uses a cell phone, a microcontroller, a Bluetooth module and two DC engines.
[0040] In an examination intended to evaluate the acknowledgment what's more, some psychosocial effects of checking innovation in helped living. Checking the framework were introduced in 22 helped living units to follow the exercises of day by day living (ADLs) and key ready states of inhabitants. Movement reports and ready warnings were sent to proficient parental figures who gave care to inhabitants taking an interest in the examination. Demonstrative utilization of the checking information was surveyed. No memory care inhabitants were overviewed and surveyed utilizing the Fulfillment with Life Scale (SWLS) instrument. Pre and post installation both SWLS scores were looked at more established grown-up members acknowledged checking. The outcomes recommend that checking innovations could give care coordination devices that are acknowledged by occupants and may positively affect their personal satisfaction. Numerous patients require consistent clinical checking to guarantee that their wellbeing conditions don't deteriorate with an expansion in incessant ailments over the previous century due to an expanded normal human life length. Removing the need to screen these patients from inside the medical clinic condition gives the patients more autonomy and gives colossal investment funds to the human services framework. With progressions in correspondences advances, versatile health-monitoring frameworks have become a reality. Remembering this, we structured the Versatile Ontology-based Reasoning and Feedback (MORF) wellbeing observing framework, which screens a patient's wellbeing status utilizing a versatile unit. The framework utilizes a philosophy based setting model to process and decide a patient's wellbeing status. By fusing genuine versatility, setting demonstrating, information the executives, and different thinking methods, we built up a framework that enormously enhances ebb and flow investigate in this field. A universally useful home zone sensor arranges, furthermore, checking stage that is expected for e-Health applications is proposed, extending from older observing to early homecoming after a hospitalization period. Our checking stage is multipurpose, implying that the framework is effectively configurable for different client needs and is anything but difficult to set up. The framework or robot body could be incidentally leased from a help organization by, for instance, emergency clinics, older specialist co-ops, specific physiological recovery communities, or then again individuals. The robot body comprises of a picked set of sensors, a wireless sensor arranges, a home customer, and a far off server. For examples: In this assessed ideas in two introductory preliminaries: one with an older lady living in shielded lodging and the other with a hip medical procedure persistent during his restoration stage. The outcomes demonstrate the usefulness of the stage. Notwithstanding, effective usage of such stages requires further work on the genuine e-Health administration ideas.
[0041] The conjunction issue of various remote conventions that share a typical recurrence range has pulled in a lot consideration attributable to the multiplication of heterogeneous remote systems in the examination network. As of late, Bluetooth (BT) and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) convention stacks have been coordinated as a solitary chip correspondence module, and they presently even offer the receiving wire just as the range. In this present invention shows that this coordination gives new chance to one convention to better comprehend the other and to work in agreement to keep away from common obstruction. We build up an Opportunistic Bluetooth Transmission (OBT) plot that empowers a double stack gadget having an incorporated module to misuse already unused conceding times of the WLAN convention. The outcomes show that the OBT plan can altogether improve throughput of the double stack gadget.
[0042] The Bluetooth innovation has been broadly received in purchaser or cell phones because of its little structure factor and low item cost. Anyway expanding interest for fast mixed media applications ceaselessly animates Bluetooth to receive an elective MAC and PHY innovation. The invention provides a double mode Bluetooth application which employments both a heritage Bluetooth module for low-speed correspondence what's more, an option UWB module for fast Bluetooth correspondence. Therefore, adjusted heritage Bluetooth profiles for superior quality video transmission and created UWB SoC that can be utilized for fast Bluetooth correspondence.
[0043] Estimating rapidly and with satisfactory precision, the normal force that is dispersed by remote modules is fundamental to gauge the genuine vitality utilization and the battery lifetime of convenient electronic frameworks that are furnished with remote availability. In an inventive and compelling technique to gauge the normal force that is disseminated by Bluetooth modules in various working conditions is proposed. Such a strategy depends on an elevated level parametric limited state machine depicting the conduct of a non-exclusive Bluetooth gadget as indicated by standard details. So as to keep the general estimation vulnerability underneath a given objective worth, the wellsprings of vulnerability influencing the technique are breaking down altogether. At last, a virtual instrument actualizing the entirety estimation technique is appeared, and some noteworthy trial results are accounted for.
[0044] In the present invention presents a remote checking framework for electrocardiographic and temperature signals. The framework comprises an equipment module for obtaining, a Bluetooth transmission module lastly a showing module (PC or cell phones). Data is sent through IP (GPRS or Wi-Fi) to a database server containing clinical information, which can be gotten to through a web application. The framework was surveyed by testing various patients with the help of a clinical specialist, acquiring a positive exhibition.
[0045] The structure and advancement of an unavoidable wellbeing framework empowering self-administration of incessant patients during their ordinary exercises. The proposed invention incorporates understanding health monitoring, status logging for catching different issues or indications met, and social sharing of the recorded data inside the patient's locale, meaning to encourage ailment the board. A model is actualized on a cell phone delineating the achievability and pertinence of the introduced work by embracing unpretentious essential signs checking through a wearable multi-sensing gadget, an assistance situated engineering for taking care of correspondence issues, and mainstream micro-blogging administrations. Moreover, an investigation has been led with 16 hypertensive patients, so as to examine the client acknowledgment, the handiness, what's more, the ethicalness of the proposed framework. The outcomes show that the framework is welcome by the incessant patients who are particularly ready to share medicinal services data, and is anything but difficult to learn and use, while its highlights have been generally speaking respected by the patients as supportive for their ailment the executives and treatment.
[0046] Accordingly, the advancements of radio recurrence distinguishing proof, worldwide situating framework, worldwide framework for portable correspondences, and geographic data framework (GIS) to build a wanderer avoidance framework for older people experiencing dementia without meddling with their exercises of day by day livings. Additionally mean to improve the aloof what's more, manpowered method of looking through the missing patient with the assistance of the data innovation. The framework gives four checking plans, including indoor living arrangement observing, open air action territory observing, crisis salvage, and remote checking modes, and built up an assistance stage to execute these checking plans. The stage comprises of a web administration server, a database server, a message controller server, and a wellbeing GIS (H-GIS) server. Relatives or volunteer specialists can recognize the constant places of missing old utilizing versatile telephone, PDA, Notebook PC, and various mobile gadgets through the administration stage. Framework execution and unwavering quality is breaking down. Tests performed on four diverse schedule openings, from three areas, through three versatile media transmission organizations appear that the general exchange time is 34s and the normal deviation of the geological area is about 8m. A questionnaire studied by 11 clients show that eight clients are happy with the framework steadiness what's more, 10 clients might want to convey the finding gadget themselves, or prescribe it to their relatives.
[0047] The Remote wellbeing checking framework includes estimating also, digitizing crucial signs, for example, circulatory strain, electrocardiogram (ECG), and breath rate; transmitting bundles over remote systems; and conveying clinical data to one of something else human services experts. To help the human services requirements of individuals with handicaps, the checking framework ought to transmit both routine indispensable signs and alarming signs when crucial signs cross at least one individualized thresholds. A health monitoring gadget gets, tests, and digitizes the crucial finishes paperwork for transmission as system bundles. The wellbeing observing gadget can be a wearable or then again handheld gadget, contingent upon how troublesome it is to utilize, its compactness, and the checked patient's incapacity. Notwithstanding essential signs, the gadget should likewise screen skin breakdowns, stride and parity (to diminish the quantity of falls), engine movement, disturbance, understanding area, cigarette smoke, and the measure of dampness in the patient's garments. The critical measure of system traffic produced by wellbeing checking frameworks could influence the unwavering quality of message conveyance and the end-to end checking delay. It's conceivable to pack this traffic; however, the framework should likewise account for expanded preparing, parcel delays, and the potential for presenting mistakes in social insurance data. Moreover, the framework must store a critical measure of clinical data for every patient. How much information it stores will depend on the patient's clinical state and history, yet in addition on the system convention, which could transmit entire worth imperative signs or simply differential vital signs, speaking to changes since the last transmission or changes from the patient's reference esteem. Social insurance experts will base their choices on data got from things for example, patient's clinical history, current imperative signs, clinical information, and explicit patient conditions. At least one database can store this customized data, which will be incorporated with current essential finishes paperwork for introduction to medicinal services experts.
[0048] Reference may be made to figures 1 – 4 illustrating front, back, side and top views of an intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The intelligent medical robot (100) comprising a robot body (101) which includes: a main control computer (102); an image recognition unit i.e. CMOS camera, and a flash lamp which are provided with an upper portion of the robot body (101). The main control computer (102) is attached to a rigid stand (102a) for providing a support to the main control computer (102) that includes a PCB plate, a touch-screen, a microphone and a switch key.
[0049] Further, the robot body (101) includes a plurality of shelves (103) configured to attach the robot body (101) which is provide to deliver food or medicines. A collaborative arm (104) of robot body (101) is configured to fix above the plurality of shelves (13) of robot body (101) which is controlled through remote. In addition, the robot body includes four road wheels (105) configured to fix a lower portion of the robot body (101) for driving the intelligent medical robot (100) from one location to another location, wherein the four road wheels (105) are operated by four different motors and control by a H-bridge circuit.
[0050] In accordance with an embodiment of the present subject matter relates to the intelligent medical robot (100) which is completely wireless remote control can be control by a doctor and providing an interface of two-way communication module with two-way display module between the doctor and patient, thereby monitoring vital signs to the patients through rotation of the intelligent medical robot (100) by the doctor.
[0051] Accordingly, the collaborative arm (104) is provided with an infrared temperature measuring device, a stethoscope and an oximetry sensor to measure oxygen level, wherein the collaborative arm (104) is controlled by the doctor.
[0052] The intelligent medical robot (100) for monitoring vital signs to the patients through rotation of the intelligent medical robot (100) by the doctor. The signs are included but are not limited to group consisting of heart rate monitoring, body temperature detection through infrared sensors, food and medicine delivery system, constant video streaming ability for the doctors through the intelligent medical robot (100) and a set of robotic grippers in accordance with an inbuilt system of sanitizing through alcohol using certain pipes and pumps throughout a bot, allows us to make a fail proof system.
[0053] Additionally, the robot body (101) includes a sanitization tank (106) and pipelines which are placed on the above to the plurality of shelves (103) to sanitize an area alcohol based sanitizer filled in the sanitization tank (106) situated in the bot. The height of the bot is adjusted using high torque actuators.
[0054] Reference may be made to Figure 5 illustrating block diagram of bot section for intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The bot section includes different sensors which include a temperature sensor, a pulse sensor, HC-12 transmitter, HC-12 receiver, collaborative or robotic arm (104) which are connected and controlled by the microprocessor unit by using H-bridge motor driver.
[0055] Reference may be made to Figure 6 illustrating block diagram for RC section of intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The RC section includes high torque actuators which are adjusted to the height of bot which can be very helpful for maintaining height in case of medical sector. Further, the RC section includes HC-12 transmitter, HC-12 receiver, and joystick output in order to control the movement of bot. The high torque actuators, HC-12 transmitter, and HC-12 receiver are connected to the microprocessor unit.
[0056] Reference may be made to Figure 7 illustrating block diagram for temperature sensor for intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The ultralow power temperature sensor along with power optimized tag gives identification and measures temperature from a range of two meters. The temperature is measured from 2w power reader. The temperature sensor works on the basis of ring oscillator. The temperature is sensed through the oscillation frequency with which temperature is dependent. The resolution of the sensor is 0.035C with very less inaccuracies approximately 0.1C. Thus it is well accurate. The power consumption is very low approximately 110 nW along with high resolution and accuracy. The temperature sensor can be used effectively in human body temperature measurement without the use of battery.
[0057] Reference may be made to Figures 8 - 10 illustrating internal circuit diagram of pulse sensor for intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The pulse sensor works on the principle of photo plethysmography. This principle states that the change in volume of blood will produce a change in intensity of light passing through the organ. It consists of a light source (IR/ LED) and a detector (any photo detector). When the blood is pumped by heart volume of capillary tissues of the organ increase which causes a change in intensity of light as some light gets absorbed and some gets reflected or transmitted. This reflected and transmitted light is detected by the detector. The pulse sensors can be used in two ways – either reflective or transmissive. In transmissive type sensor the finger is placed in between light source and detector. In reflective type sensor the light source and detector are placed adjacent to each other with the finger in front of sensor. The detector output is proportional to heart beat rate. The AC component due to change in pulse gets superimposed on the DC output (due to change in volume of blood). Thus the AC component is isolated for further processing. In this circuit connection with Arduino, + terminal of pulse sensor is connected to 5v terminal of Arduino. The – terminal is connected to ground of Arduino. The S terminal (signal terminal) is connected to A0 (digital pin). A transmitter is connected to 12 pin of Arduino (as shown in Fig. 8).
[0058] Accordingly, to control the bot, used HC-12 module due to its various features some of them being its long range etc. The module used is Arduino Nano, HC-12 Bluetooth module, Joystick. The joystick send data to the Arduino and it is processed and send to HC-12 transmitter and then this data is send to the receiver and the received data is processed by Arduino connected to it and performs the instruction received.
[0059] Reference may be made to figures 25 and 26 illustrating circuit diagram of transmitter and receiver for intelligent medical robot, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
[0060] During Corona pandemic not only the health of patients need to be taken care of but safety of doctors is as much needed. The technology in medical field should be such that it provides doctors with safety ensuring that the symptoms felt by patient are carefully checked with much accuracy. The focus is on wearable device for population who are in quarantine or working in healthcare community to monitor their health continuously. The focus is on sensing techniques used in devices and systems to detect virus and it’s symptoms with high accuracy. The focus is on providing best medical care to the patient’s who even have mild symptoms of the disease.
[0061] Typically, rural and urban areas need smart services in many aspects. One of the key factors in development is technology. Robotic systems with mobile facilities are helpful in medical field. For e.g. at sudden accident, attacks asthma etc GSM or GPs tracker can detect and thus send needed aid to the patient by doctors who are using GSM technology a well. So robotic ambulance is designed to bring medical aid in sudden events of health related issues. Sensors, DC motors, microcontroller, LCD, solar panels are major part of this project.
[0062] In accordance with advantages of the present subject matter as compared with the existing devices. The present invention provides a safe, secure and helpful platform for doctors and healthcare staff to cope up and to stay safe from the COVID-19 virus. The present invention provides a cost effective yet robust and modern solution to tackle this situation with utmost efficiency.
[0063] Although embodiments for the present subject matter have been described in language specific to structural features, it is to be understood that the present subject matter is not necessarily limited to the specific features described. Rather, the specific features and methods are disclosed as embodiments for the present subject matter. Numerous modifications and adaptations of the system/component of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and thus it is intended by the appended claims to cover all such modifications and adaptations which fall within the scope of the present subject matter.