MIMO-decoupling to improve pressure and flow tracking in mechanical ventilation

Lars Van De Kamp; Isabelle Franklin; Bas Van Loon; Tom Oomen; Nathan Van De Wouw

doi:10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107647

MIMO-decoupling to improve pressure and flow tracking in mechanical ventilation

Lars Van De Kamp^*, Isabelle Franklin, Bas Van Loon, Tom Oomen, Nathan Van De Wouw

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Team Jan-Willem van Wingerden

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Mechanical ventilators are complex mechatronic devices that are essential for patients who are unable to breathe independently. The aim of this paper is to develop a systematic control method that achieves accurate tracking of both the pressure and flow to ensure comfortable breathing for the patient. This is achieved by using a feedback design procedure technique based on static decoupling and the factorized Nyquist criterion. Furthermore, switching controllers are introduced that allow for improved baseflow tracking performance. The presented control method is implemented in a real ventilator and it is demonstrated that the tracking performance is improved by conducting an experimental case-study.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the American Control Conference, ACC 2025
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1009-1014
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3315-6937-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107647
Publication status	Published - 2025
Event	2025 American Control Conference, ACC 2025 - Denver, United States Duration: 8 Jul 2025 → 10 Jul 2025

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Name	Proceedings of the American Control Conference
ISSN (Print)	0743-1619

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Conference	2025 American Control Conference, ACC 2025
Country/Territory	United States
City	Denver
Period	8/07/25 → 10/07/25

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Van De Kamp, L, Franklin, I, Van Loon, B, Oomen, T & Van De Wouw, N 2025, MIMO-decoupling to improve pressure and flow tracking in mechanical ventilation. in Proceedings of the American Control Conference, ACC 2025. Proceedings of the American Control Conference, IEEE, pp. 1009-1014, 2025 American Control Conference, ACC 2025, Denver, United States, 8/07/25. https://doi.org/10.23919/ACC63710.2025.11107647

MIMO-decoupling to improve pressure and flow tracking in mechanical ventilation. / Van De Kamp, Lars; Franklin, Isabelle; Van Loon, Bas et al.
Proceedings of the American Control Conference, ACC 2025. IEEE, 2025. p. 1009-1014 (Proceedings of the American Control Conference).

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