A switching control strategy for improving drug infusion

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2009

Authors

Neves, AJ (Author) Other; Mendonca, T (Author) FCUP; Rocha, P (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: International Journal of Control

Vol. 82 No. 12

Pages: 2221-2234

ISSN: 0020-7179

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

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Authenticus ID: P-003-QMD

DOI: 10.1080/00207170902978107

Abstract (EN): A switching control strategy for drug infusion in patients undergoing surgery is presented in this article. This strategy is based on a bank of stabilising controllers, aiming to improve the reference tracking performance of the patient response. Theoretical results which ensure overall stability and reference tracking under switching are obtained. These results are illustrated by simulations for the case of neuromuscular blockade control which show that, in this biomedical application, this switching controller yields better performance than a fixed one. The proposed control scheme also presents a good performance in clinical environment.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 14