Proceedings on Automation in Medical Engineering
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2020): Proc AUTOMED

Automation in lung support and ventilation, ID 009

A rapid control prototyping system for the automated control of mechanical ventilation

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Philip von Platen (RWTH Aachen), Anake Pomprapa , Steffen Leonhardt (RWTH Aachen University), Philipp Pickerodt , Martin Ruß , Mahdi Taher , Wolfgang Braun , Lea Hinken , Rainer Köbrich , Roland Francis , Burkhard Lachmann , Marian Walter 

Abstract

The automated control of mechanical ventilation requires the merging of the disciplines of control engineering and clinical knowledge from intensive care medicine. To design and accurately implement the clinical expertise it is of paramount importance to keep clinicians involved throughout the programming phases to accommodate dynamic changes in mechanical ventilation strategies. A rapid control prototyping system is presented which allows the quick implementation and testing of new control laws. Furthermore, by choosing a graphical programming language, the clinicians remain on-board. An automated compliance-based PEEP titration and rule-based FiO2 control are shown as exemplary results for oxygenation control during protective ventilation using MATLAB Stateflow®

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