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[The transducer's calibration of medical ventilators and discussion on relative technical concerns]
1Department of Clinical Engineering, Afficiated Children's Hospital of the School of Medicine, Zhejiang University.
Abstract:
Based on the structure and principle of transducers for medical ventilators, this paper analyzes the causes of transducers' failures, and introduces some corresponding calibration methods. Besides, some suggestions about how to reduce different kind of transducer failures are put forward.
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