Closed-loop control of oxygen delivery during aeromedical evacuation of patients

Author

Ritchie, Gilbert ; Jannett, Thomas C.

Author_Institution

Alabama Univ., Birmingham, AL, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

12-15 Apr 1992

Firstpage

763

Abstract

A prototype oxygen delivery system was developed and tested. It controls oxygen and air delivery in order to regulate arterial oxygen saturation (SaO₂) and breathing circuit volume, thereby protecting patients from hypoxemia while minimizing the use of oxygen. Three discrete-time, digital control loops make up the system. The primary controller regulates the SaO₂ through a proportional controller to adjust the setpoint circuit oxygen concentration. The other two control loops regulate the circuit oxygen concentration and volume. The system was tested on four healthy human volunteers in a hypobaric chamber. Two trials were conducted with each volunteer. The servo-controlled oxygen delivery system successfully regulated SaO₂ in each volunteer for both trials. The results of the trials are summarized

Keywords

biocontrol; biomedical equipment; closed loop systems; oxygen; patient treatment; O₂ delivery system; aeromedical patient evaluation; arterial O₂ saturation; breathing circuit volume; discrete-time digital control loops; healthy human volunteers; hypobaric chamber; hypoxemia protection; primary controller; proportional controller; zero-controlled system; Aircraft; Bellows; Circuit testing; Engine cylinders; Fluid flow; Oxygen; Reservoirs; Solenoids; Ultrasonic transducers; Valves;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '92, Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

Birmingham, AL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0494-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1992.202432

Filename

202432