Abstract

Continuous flow ventricular assist devices (cfVADs) constitute a viable and increasingly used therapy for end-stage heart failure patients. However, they are still operating at a fixed-speed mode that precludes physiological cfVAD response and it is often related to adverse events of cfVAD therapy. To ameliorate this, various physiological controllers have been proposed, however, the majority of these controllers do not account for the lack of pulsatility in the cfVAD operation, which is supposed to be beneficial for the physiological function of the cardiovascular system. In this study, we present a physiological data-driven iterative learning controller (PDD-ILC) that accurately tracks predefined pump flow trajectories, aiming to achieve physiological, pulsatile, and treatment-driven response of cfVADs. The controller has been extensively tested in an in-silico environment under various physiological conditions, and compared with a physiologic pump flow proportional-integral-derivative controller (PF-PIDC) developed in this study as well as the constant speed (CS) control that is the current state of the art in clinical practice. Additionally, two treatment objectives were investigated to achieve pulsatility maximization and left ventricular stroke work (LVSW) minimization by implementing copulsation and counterpulsation pump modes, respectively. Under all experimental conditions, the PDD-ILC as well as the PF-PIDC demonstrated highly accurate tracking of the reference pump flow trajectories, outperforming existing model-based iterative learning control approaches. Additionally, the developed controllers achieved the predefined treatment objectives and resulted in improved hemodynamics and preload sensitivities compared to the CS support.

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