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

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Do, Thanh Nho, Seah, Tian En Timothy, Phee, Soo Jay
• مؤلفون آخرون: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• التنسيق: مقال
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2016
• الموضوعات: Catheters; Electron tubes; Gears; Hysteresis; Mechatronics; Sensors; Ventilation
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81210; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40669

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...