Automated inspiratory muscle training for patients receiving mechanical ventilation
AssigneeUniversity of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorsAnatole D. Martin, Michael J. Banner, Andrea Gabrielli, Neil Russell Euliano, II
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Abstract
A system and method for automated inspiratory muscle strength exercise includes software for setting a mechanical ventilator for a pressure regulated breath with an initial pressure target that is at the highest pressure setting a patient can tolerate and increasing the pressure target as tolerated.
Claims10
One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of inspiratory muscle strength training, the method comprising:
- providing a sensing assembly and gas delivery device having an inhalation assembly that provides inspiratory air flow to a patient;
- imposing delivery of inspiratory air flow using an inspiratory training stimulus;
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- controlling the inhalation assembly to deliver inspiratory air flow using the inspiratory training stimulus during an entire inhalation act for every breath by the patient.
One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of inspiratory muscle strength training, the method comprising:
- receiving respiratory parameters of a patient from a sensing assembly;
- calculating an inspiratory training stimulus variable from the respiratory parameters;
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- providing said inspiratory training stimulus variable to a gas delivery device, wherein said gas delivery device delivers inspiratory air flow to the patient and comprises settings for adjusting the inspiratory airflow;
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- adjusting the gas delivery settings to administer air flow to the patient to impose negative pressure on the patient during inhalation at the inspiratory training stimulus variable.
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