Extracorporeal Closed-Loop Respiratory Regulation for Patients With Respiratory Difficulty Using a Soft Bionic Robot.

Journal: IEEE transactions on bio-medical engineering
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Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Respiratory regulation is critical for patients with respiratory dysfunction. Clinically used ventilators can lead to long-term dependence and injury. Extracorporeal assistance approaches such as iron-lung devices provide a noninvasive alternative, however, artificial actuator counterparts have not achieved marvelous biomimetic ventilation as human respiratory muscles. Here, we propose a bionic soft exoskeleton robot that can achieve extracorporeal closed-loop respiratory regulation by emulating natural human breath.

Authors

  • Yan Zhang
    Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shenyang, 110032, China.
  • Qinggang Ge
  • Zongyu Wang
  • Yuxing Qin
  • Yixing Wu
  • Mingjing Wang
    School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Wenzhou University of Technology, Wenzhou, 325000, China. Electronic address: wangmingjing.style@gmail.com.
  • Mai Shi
  • Lei Xue
  • Weidong Guo
    Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China.
  • Yuru Zhang
  • Guangyu Wang
    State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China.
  • Dangxiao Wang