Title :
Adaptive Control Technique for Artificial Hearts
Author :
Kitamura, Tadashi ; Matsuda, Katsuhiko ; Akashi, Hajime
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Houston-University Park
Abstract :
This paper is concerned with an adaptive control technique for artificial hearts. The design control strategy is multiobjective: aortic pressure control, atrial pressure control, and pump output flow rate control. A desired control mode can be chosen frQm a console.
Keywords :
Adaptive control; Animals; Artificial heart; Automatic control; Blood; Control systems; Electric variables control; Impedance; Pistons; Pressure control; Animals; Computers; Dogs; Heart, Artificial; Hemodynamics; Humans; Mathematics; Minicomputers; Online Systems;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TBME.1986.325777
