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.
@article{arxiv.2004.00312,
title = {Improving mechanical ventilation for patient care through repetitive control},
author = {Joey Reinders and Ruben Verkade and Bram Hunnekens and Nathan van de Wouw and Tom Oomen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.00312},
year = {2020}
}
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6 pages, 7 figures. To be published in the Proceedings of 21st IFAC World Congress in Berlin Germany