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Experimental Investigation of Controllers for Ventricular Assist Devices with Different Cardiovascular Systems
Artificial hearts offer a promising treatment strategy for patients with heart failure. For the development and testing of ventricular assist devices a realistic system emulation of the human interaction is required.
The aim of the master thesis is the investigation of different cardiovascular models and their behavior to the physiological controller of a ventricular assist devices in a hardware-in-the-loop test bench.
Keywords: Systems Modeling of Biomedical Systems, Control Systems, Experimental Study, Dynamic Simulation pdz
Artificial hearts offer a promising treatment strategy for patients with heart failure. The human heart consists of two chambers, which effectively supply the lungs and the heart with blood. Similarly, an left ventricular assist device (LVAD) needs to interact favorably with the surrounding cardiovascular system. For the development and testing of these LVADs a realistic cardiovascular system emulation is required. There are several numerical models in literature which differ in their characteristics and application range.
The goal of the project is to investigate three different numerical models and their behavior to the physiological controller of a LVAD in a hardware-in-the-loop test bench at pd|z.
Artificial hearts offer a promising treatment strategy for patients with heart failure. The human heart consists of two chambers, which effectively supply the lungs and the heart with blood. Similarly, an left ventricular assist device (LVAD) needs to interact favorably with the surrounding cardiovascular system. For the development and testing of these LVADs a realistic cardiovascular system emulation is required. There are several numerical models in literature which differ in their characteristics and application range. The goal of the project is to investigate three different numerical models and their behavior to the physiological controller of a LVAD in a hardware-in-the-loop test bench at pd|z.
- Induction in different cardiovascular models in literature
- Numerical implementation of three numerical cardiovascular models
- Testing of the cardiovascular models in simulation and implementation in the hardware-in-the-loop test bench
- Experimental investigation of the physiological controller in the test bench with different cardiovascular models
- Induction in different cardiovascular models in literature - Numerical implementation of three numerical cardiovascular models - Testing of the cardiovascular models in simulation and implementation in the hardware-in-the-loop test bench - Experimental investigation of the physiological controller in the test bench with different cardiovascular models
- Experienced in modeling and simulation with MATLAB Simulink - Interested in systems modeling and control systems - Creative and talented in practical work - Highly motivated and independent
The chair of Product Development and Engineering Design at the ETH Zurich considers itself a center
for system-oriented product development and innovation. Our aspiration consists on the one hand
of the advancement and investigation of methods and processes of product development and on the
other hand of the development of new technical systems. The purpose of our daily work is to contribute to the innovative ability and
competitiveness of Switzerland.
The chair of Product Development and Engineering Design at the ETH Zurich considers itself a center for system-oriented product development and innovation. Our aspiration consists on the one hand of the advancement and investigation of methods and processes of product development and on the other hand of the development of new technical systems. The purpose of our daily work is to contribute to the innovative ability and competitiveness of Switzerland.
- Master Thesis - Technical Background
Thomas Gwosch (Postdoc) / Konstantinos Magkoutas (PhD Candidate)
tgwosch@ethz.ch / magkoutk@ethz.ch
CLA G 17.2
Tannenstrasse 3 , 8092 Zürich
Thomas Gwosch (Postdoc) / Konstantinos Magkoutas (PhD Candidate)
220315_Outline_Masterthesis_CVM.pdf
