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This study introduces a decentralized safety system for networked intensive care units, enhancing automated acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) therapy. It reliably detects bubbles in blood circulation, reducing sensor needs.

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  • Medical Device Safety
  • Intensive Care Medicine

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  • Networked intensive care systems require robust safety measures.
  • Automated therapies, like for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), necessitate reliable device monitoring.
  • Decentralized control offers potential for enhanced safety and flexibility in medical device networks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a decentralized safety concept for networked intensive care setups.
  • To implement and evaluate a decentralized network of sensors and actuators for automated ARDS therapy.
  • To demonstrate a blood pump supervision system for reliable bubble detection in extracorporeal blood circulation.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a decentralized network using embedded microcontroller nodes for sensors and actuators.
  • Implementation of a blood pump supervision system for bubble detection.
  • Validation using animal experiment data with artificially introduced bubbles.
  • Application of hidden Markov models (HMMs) for data analysis and sensor reduction.

Main Results:

  • The system was evaluated for up to eleven medical devices in an automated ARDS therapy setup.
  • Bubble detection in extracorporeal blood circulation was successfully demonstrated.
  • All 18 detected bubbles down to 0.15 ml were successfully identified from a total of 35.
  • Utilizing hidden Markov models reduced the number of required sensors by two pressure sensors.

Conclusions:

  • A decentralized safety concept is feasible for networked intensive care.
  • The proposed blood pump supervision system reliably detects bubbles in extracorporeal circuits.
  • The use of hidden Markov models optimizes sensor requirements, enhancing system efficiency.