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Image 1. Settings within "Volume Control" a VC-CMVs modality on the FLOW-i anesthesia Delivery system. All highlighted setting...

Happy 2016! This post is to inform readers on two topics related to this blog. First This year I will begin transitioning this blog...

Figure 1: Various flow patterns within VC-CMVs on the Hamilton G5 Ventilator. When a device operator thinks about changing the inspira...

Volume Control- Continuous Mandatory Ventilation with a “Set-point” targeting scheme (VC-CMV(s)) is likely the most utilized mode of mechan...

Ventilator Mode Map Mobile App Due to no industry standard for ventilator mode taxonomy and over 170 unique names for modes of ventila...

A Intelligent targeting scheme is "a ventilator control system that uses artificial intelligence programs such as fuzzy logic, ru...

A Optimal targeting scheme is a "ventilator control system that automatically adjusts the targets of the ventilatory pattern to ei...

Adaptive targeting schemes use "a control system that allows the ventilator to automatically set some (or all) of the targets betw...

Ventilator modes that use Servo targeting schemes are very responsive and provide the most comfort and synchrony in the spontaneous breathin...

Automatic Tube Compensation is "a feature that allows the operator to enter the size of the patient's endotracheal tube & ...

Dual targeting schemes are a step above Set-point targeting in regards to engineering hierarchy. These modes can switch from volume...

A Targeting Scheme is "A model of the relationship between operator inputs and ventilator outputs to achieve a specific ventilatory pat...

In a recent letter to the editor “Ventilatory modes. What’s in a name?”[1] Authors provide a strong argument for the need to standardize ...

From Global Nerdy @ www.globalnerdy.com In a recent letter to the editor “Ventilatory modes. What’s in a name?”[1] Authors provide a...