Design and Control of a Mechatronic Tracheostomy Tube for Automated Tracheal Suctioning

• Main Authors: Do, Thanh Nho, Seah, Tian En Timothy, Phee, Soo Jay
• 其他作者: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• 格式: Article
• 語言: English
• 出版: 2016
• 主題: Catheters; Electron tubes; Gears; Hysteresis; Mechatronics; Sensors; Ventilation
• 在線閱讀: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81210; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40669
• 機構: Nanyang Technological University

Goal: Mechanical ventilation is required to aid patients with breathing difficulty to breathe more comfortably. A tracheostomy tube inserted through an opening in the patient neck into the trachea is connected to a ventilator for suctioning. Currently, nurses spend millions of person-hours yearly to...