Improving mechanical ventilation for patient care through repetitive control

Mechanical ventilators sustain life of patients that are unable to breathe (sufficiently) on their own. The aim of this paper is to improve pressure tracking performance of mechanical ventilators for a wide variety of sedated patients. This is achieved by utilizing the repetitive nature of sedated v...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2020-04
Main Authors: Reinders, Joey, Verkade, Ruben, Hunnekens, Bram, van de Wouw, Nathan, Oomen, Tom
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Controllers
Repetitive control
Tracking
Ventilation
Ventilators
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Summary:Mechanical ventilators sustain life of patients that are unable to breathe (sufficiently) on their own. The aim of this paper is to improve pressure tracking performance of mechanical ventilators for a wide variety of sedated patients. This is achieved by utilizing the repetitive nature of sedated ventilation through repetitive control. A systematic design procedure of a repetitive controller for mechanical ventilation is presented. Thereafter, the controller is implemented in an experimental setup showing superior tracking performance for a variety of patients.
ISSN:2331-8422