Control Method and System for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation

A system for providing veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) to a subject during a VA-ECMO session, wherein

• the system is at least partially configured to dynamically determine the flow rate of a pump of the system according to a method comprising:
• receiving multiple sets of measured parameters of the subject, wherein:
• each set of the multiple sets of measured parameters comprises a heart contractility indicator, and
• the multiple sets of measured parameters are received over time during the VA-ECMO session,
• determining, using the multiple sets of measured parameters, the target flow rate of the pump, and
• adjusting the target flow rate of the pump, wherein
• the target flow rate is adjusted by a reduction when heart contractility indicator is stable or increases, or
• the target flow rate is adjusted by an increase when the heart contractility indicator decrease.

A computer-implemented method for dynamically determining a target flow rate of a pump of a system for providing veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation;

• (VA-ECMO) to a subject during a VA-ECMO session comprising:
• receiving multiple sets of measured parameters of the subject, wherein:
• each set of the multiple sets of measured parameters comprises heart contractility indicator;
• and
• the multiple sets of measured parameters are received over time during the VA-ECMO session;
• determining, using the multiple sets of measured parameters, the target flow rate of the pump, and
• adjusting the target flow rate of the pump, wherein
• the target flow rate is adjusted by a reduction when heart contractility indicator is stable or increases, or
• the target flow rate is adjusted by an increase when the heart contractility indicator decreases.