Key result
Sensorless physiological controller tracks flow within 0.25 L/min error to prevent ventricular suction and overperfusion.
Why the study?
A sensorless, robust, and physiological tracking control method for implantable rotary blood pumps to adapt pump speed in heart failure patients was needed.
Effect estimate: 0.25 L/min error
An in silico evaluation of a novel sensorless physiological controller for implantable rotary blood pumps showed promising ability to adapt pump flow and maintain stable hemodynamics.
Supports sensorless control development in animal LVAD models; leaves open human translation before any clinical consideration.
In this study, we present a sensorless, robust, and physiological tracking control method to drive the operational speed of implantable rotary blood pumps (IRBPs) for patients with heart failure (HF). The method used sensorless measurements of the pump flow to track the desired reference flow (Qr). A dynamical estimator model was used to estimate the average pump flow (Q^est) based on pulse-width modulation (PWM) signals. A proportional-integral (PI) controller integrated with a fuzzy logic control (FLC) system was developed to automatically adapt the pump flow. The Qr was modeled as a constant and trigonometric function using an elastance function (E(t)) to achieve a variation in the metabolic demand. The proposed method was evaluated in silico using a lumped parameter model of the cardiovascular system (CVS) under rest and exercise scenarios. The findings demonstrated that the proposed control system efficiently updated the pump speed of the IRBP to avoid suction or overperfusion. In all scenarios, the numerical results for the left atrium pressure (Pla), aortic pressure (Pao), and left ventricle pressure (Plv) were clinically accepted. The Q^est accurately tracked the Qr within an error of 0.25 L/min.
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Bakouri et al. (2022) studied Heart failure. Sensorless physiological controller (fuzzy PI-type) vs. Constant speed controller was evaluated on Tracking error between estimated average pump flow and desired reference flow (0.25 L/min error). The sensorless physiological controller accurately tracked the desired reference flow within an error of 0.25 L/min, successfully adjusting pump speed to prevent ventricular suction and overperfusion.
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