Automated inspiratory muscle training for patients receiving mechanical ventilation
View Patent ↗A system and method for automated inspiratory muscle strength exercise includes software for setting a mechanical ventilator for a pressure regulated breath with an initial pressure target that is at the highest pressure setting a patient can tolerate and increasing the pressure target as tolerated.
1. A method for inspiratory muscle strength training comprising:
providing a sensing assembly and gas delivery device, wherein said gas delivery device comprises an inhalation assembly providing inspiratory air flow;
assessing patient respiratory parameters via the sensing assembly;
deriving an inspiratory training stimulus using the assessed parameters;
developing a regimen for inspiratory muscle strength training using the inspiratory training stimulus; and
implementing the regimen via the gas delivery assembly.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the gas delivery assembly is a mechanical ventilator.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the derived inspiratory training stimulus is pressure between 1 to 80 cm of H 2 O.
4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the derived inspiratory training pressure is between 2-20 cm of H 2 O.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the regimen for inspiratory muscle strength training comprises establishing a number of breaths to be performed at the inspiratory training stimulus; wherein the number of breaths is between 12-40 breaths a day.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inspiratory training stimulus is a target power of breathing.