Algorithms for a Single Hormone Closed-Loop Artificial Pancreas: Challenges Pertinent to Chemical Process Operations

B Wayne Bequette1, Faye Cameron1, Nihat Baysal1

  • 1Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 Eighth St., Troy, NY 12180-3590, USA.

Processes (Basel, Switzerland)
|February 12, 2019
PubMed
Summary

Researchers developed a probabilistic, risk-based control strategy for a fully closed-loop artificial pancreas, aiming to better regulate blood glucose for type 1 diabetes patients.

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