The digital control of anaesthetic gas flow
| Autor: | P. Hutton, R. W. Boaden |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Needle valve Computers business.industry Equipment Design Pipeline (software) Flow measurement Surgery Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Microcomputers Flow (mathematics) Control theory Intensive care Microcomputer medicine Digital control Anesthesia Inhalation Rheology business Simulation |
| Zdroj: | Anaesthesia. 41:413-418 |
| ISSN: | 1365-2044 0003-2409 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1986.tb13230.x |
| Popis: | Summary The theory and construction of a prototype digital gas flow controller are described. Using eight preset needle valves, it has the ability to deliver any flow from 50 to 12750 ml/minute in steps of 50 ml/minute. Under given conditions, the accuracy of this de vice is very high and its variation in performance with pipeline supply pressures is quantified. The required flow is requested from a BBC ‘B’ microcomputer which is interfaced with the equipment via a program written in Basic and the 1MHz bus port. The possible uses and potential of a microcomputer-controlled flow regulator in anaesthesia and intensive care are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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