Sensor System Development for the Novel Spontaneous Active Breathing Lung Simulator, i-Lung

Abstract

Breathing simulation is an indispensable task not only for respirator manufacturing processes. Using an active lung simulator including an aerosol measurement system at different working environments would provide information about the actual aerosol exposure to the respiratory tract of the employees at their specific working places. For this purpose a sensor system is being developed to enhance the options of use of the novel lung simulator i-Lung. The sensor system is designed to gather environmental and simulation specific parameters. The enhancement of the i-Lung module by integrating a sensor system including sensors for temperature, pressure, flow and humidity enlarges the field of potential applications of the simulator. This development is seen as further step in direction of a certification as alternative to animal models and as an essential pre-commercial development of the i-Lung system.