Mechatronic Design and Active Disturbance Rejection Control of a Bag Valve-Based Mechanical Ventilator [PDF]
This paper presents the mechatronic (mechanical and control system) design of a functional prototype of a portable mechanical ventilator to treat patients with a compromised respiratory function.
Tovar, Andres, Arcos-Legarda, Jaime
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Mechanical ventilator liberation protocol. Recommendation based on review of the evidence [PDF]
Mechanical ventilation is currently the most widely used supportive therapy for the treatment of moderate and severe hypoxemia of any etiology. However, the decision of “when” is the right time to initiate the withdrawal of this support is currently a ...
Carmen Chica-Meza +12 more
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The novel Mechanical Ventilator Milano for the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
Presented here is the design of the Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM), a novel mechanical ventilator designed for rapid mass production in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to address the urgent shortage of intensive therapy ventilators in many ...
Abba A +236 more
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The Adequacy of a Conventional Mechanical Ventilator as a Ventilation Method during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Manikin Study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: We conducted this study to verify whether a mechanical ventilator is adequate for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Background: We conducted this study to verify whether a mechanical ventilator is adequate for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Hong Joon Ahn +5 more
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Accurate measurement of ventilator length of stay and ventilator days for use in assessing patient safety and ventilator associated events [PDF]
Objective: Accurate measurements of ventilator length of stay are important for quality measures and mandated by Centers of Disease Control for reporting ventilator associated events.
Ron Sanderson +2 more
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Identifying asynchronies: Early cycling
Mechanical ventilation is a lifesaving treatment but can be associated with some complications such as ventilator-induced lung injury, ventilator associated pneumonia or ventilation induced diaphragm dysfunction.
Víctor Perez, Jamille Pasco
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Formal Verification of a Mechanical Ventilator using UPPAAL [PDF]
Mechanical ventilators are increasingly used for life support of critically ill patients. In this sense, despite recent technological advances, the accurate specification of their properties remains challenging, and the use of formal tools is limited ...
Cortés, David +6 more
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Entropy Generation Rates in Two-Dimensional Rayleigh–Taylor Turbulence Mixing
Entropy generation rates in two-dimensional Rayleigh–Taylor (RT) turbulence mixing are investigated by numerical calculation. We mainly focus on the behavior of thermal entropy generation and viscous entropy generation of global quantities with ...
Xinyu Yang +4 more
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Objective The advent of new technologies has made it possible to explore alternative ventilator manufacturing to meet the worldwide shortfall for mechanical ventilators especially in pandemics. We describe a method using rapid prototyping technologies to
Jayesh Dhanani +10 more
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Rapidly scalable mechanical ventilator for the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is straining healthcare systems worldwide, and a global ventilator shortage is fueling the dire situation. As a response, the MIT E-Vent Team (S1) manufactured a scalable ventilator prototype for mass production and demonstrated ...
Kwon AH +4 more
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