TY  - JOUR
T1  - Hierarchical control of heart-assist devices.
JF  - IEEE Robotics and automation magazine
A1  - Boston, J.R
LA  - English
UL  - https://tuklas.up.edu.ph/Record/UP-99796217609368222
AB  - The demand for transplantable hearts exceeds the supply, and transplant candidates often wait long periods before a suitable donor organ becomes available. When pharmacological treatment fails to maintain adequate blood circulation, mechanical assistance of one or both ventricles is the only available therapy other than transplantation. This article describes the development of control techniques for ventricular-assist devices and a hierarchical control structure to regulate the operation of a turbo-hydrodynamic assist device.
KW  - Heart disease.
KW  - Heart-assist devices.
KW  - Heuristic algorithms.
KW  - Hierarchical control.
KW  - Intelligent control supervisor.
KW  - Multiobjective optimization.
KW  - Turbo-hydrodynamic assist device.
KW  - Ventricular-assist devices.
ER  -