Improving mechanical ventilation for patient care through repetitive control. Issue 2 (2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Reinders, Joey; Verkade, Ruben; Hunnekens, Bram; van de Wouw, Nathan; Oomen, Tom
• Is Part Of: IFAC-PapersOnLine. Volume 53:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 1415
• Page End: 1420
• Publication Date: 2020
• Subjects: Repetitive control -- learning control -- mechanical ventilation -- respiratory systems; Automatic control -- Periodicals; 629.805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.1906
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2405-8963

Abstract

Abstract: 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.