Patent ID: 8634981

Claim:
A self-guided patient-support and transport vehicle, comprising: a self-guided-vehicle navigation controller including a route-to-destination control module including circuitry operable to generate route-to-destination information based on one or more patient verification inputs; and a body structure including a surface configured to support an individual, a steering assembly having a plurality of rotatable members operable to frictionally interface the vehicle to a travel path and to move the vehicle along the travel path, the steering assembly operable to vary a steering angle of at least one of the plurality of rotatable members, a power source, and a motor for driving one or more of the plurality of rotatable members; the self-guided-vehicle navigation controller operably coupled to at least one of the plurality of rotatable members, the power source, and the motor, and configured to generate one or more control commands for navigating the self-guided patient-support and transport vehicle to at least a first target location along a travel route based on the route-to-destination information.