Title :
Control system architecture for mechanical cardiac assist devices
Author :
Paden, Brad ; Ghosh, Jayati ; Antaki, Jim
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Environ. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
Among the medical device therapies for end-stage heart disease are ventricular assist devices that work in conjunction with a diseased heart. The control of ventricular assist devices (VAD) is an intriguing and challenging engineering problem due to the complexity of the combined cardiovascular/VAD “plant,” and the importance of reliable and high-performance control algorithms. In this paper we present an overview of control architecture issues in cardiac assist systems relating to actuator and sensor placements
Keywords :
artificial organs; biocontrol; cardiovascular system; prosthetics; pumps; VAD; actuator placements; combined cardiovascular/VAD system; control system architecture; end-stage heart disease; mechanical cardiac assist devices; reliable high-performance control algorithms; sensor placements; ventricular assist devices; Actuators; Biomedical engineering; Cardiac disease; Cardiology; Control systems; Heart; Medical control systems; Medical treatment; Reliability engineering; Sensor systems;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2000. Proceedings of the 2000
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5519-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2000.879215
