The Roaming Diagnostic Station - a mobile instrumentation case

Author

Kattamis, Alex ; Pruehsner, William ; Enderle, John D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

243

Lastpage

244

Abstract

Presented is the Roaming Diagnostic Station (RDS). The RDS is a remotely controlled mobile cabinet system used to carry test equipment and computers to non-ambulatory patients. The structure of the RDS consists of a steel skeleton with an oak veneer finish. Driving the RDS are two gear motors operated in conjunction for drive and steering. Remote control of the RDS from twenty feet away is possible. An internal monitor lift is included to raise and lower a large computer monitor over a range of 20 cm

Keywords

biomedical equipment; computerised monitoring; handicapped aids; lifts; machine control; medical diagnostic computing; motor drives; patient monitoring; telecontrol; H-bridge relay configuration; black and gray box adjusters; computer monitors; eight-position joystick; eye illumination control; eye monitoring system; gear motors; internal monitor lift; mobile instrumentation case; neurogenic communication disorders; nonambulatory patients; peripheral monitoring equipment; remotely controlled mobile cabinet system; roaming diagnostic station; steel skeleton; stimulus presentation system; tractor unit; trailer case; Computerized monitoring; Control systems; Gears; Instruments; Mobile computing; Patient monitoring; Remote monitoring; Skeleton; Steel; Test equipment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bioengineering Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the IEEE 28th Annual Northeast

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7419-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NEBC.2002.999556

Filename

999556