TY - CHAP A1 - Pasteka, Richard A1 - Forjan, Mathias T1 - Actively breathing mechanical lung simulator development and preliminary measurements T2 - IFMBE,volume 65; EMBEC & NBC 2017 KW - Biomedical Engineering KW - mechanical lung-simulator Y1 - ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pasteka, Richard A1 - Forjan, Mathias A1 - Drauschke, Andreas T1 - Comparison of Mathematical and Controlled Mechanical Lung Simulation in Active Breathing and Ventilated State T2 - Proceedings of the 15th IFAC Conference on Programmable Devices and Embedded Systems PDeS 2018 KW - Breathing Simulation KW - Mathematical Models KW - In-silico Models KW - Flow Measurement KW - Mechanical Simulation Y1 - ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pasteka, Richard A1 - Santos da Costa, Joao Pedro A1 - Forjan, Mathias T1 - Characteristic Waveforms for Testing of Medical Aerosol Inhalers T2 - 8th European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference N2 - Respiratory diseases are characterised by high prevalence among the European population. Medical aerosol inhalers are the most commonly used means of drug delivery into the human respiratory system. This paper focuses on characteristic waveforms that can be utilised during aerosol deposition studies to simulate conditions of rapid human inhalation. Additionally, an inhalatory waveform based on clinically recorded spirometry data is introduced. Experimental measurements are performed and simulation results mutually compared using the electro-mechanical lung simulator xPULM. The inhalatory waveforms are repeatably simulated with high fidelity in regards to the waveform shape with the lowest value of the Goodness of fit 0.89. Additionally, the measured values for all characteristic inhalatory parameters are simulated with low standard deviation < 1. The differences between the required and measured waveform shapes are small, < 3 L/min and do not influence the overall inhalatory volume. This opens a possibility of utilising the xPULM for medical aerosol inhalers testing. KW - Breathing Simulation KW - Biomedical Engineering Y1 - SP - 240 EP - 246 PB - Springer International Publishing ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pasteka, Richard A1 - Forjan, Mathias T1 - Changes of particle deposition caused by different breathing patterns during active lung simulation T2 - 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) N2 - Aerosols are an integral part of everyday life and as such are inhaled under various conditions and circumstances. These may vary based on the health and activity status of an individual. The aim of this work is to analyse the particle deposition mechanisms during the simulation of three different breathing patterns using an aerosol representing the PM1 fraction of fine particles. The active electro-mechanical lung simulator xPULM is utilized as a driving force and is combined with a non-invasive direct reading optical aerosol measurement system. Results show differences between the number of deposited particles for the three breathing patterns and for the three typical size ranges of airborne particles. Overall, the presented approach demonstrates the possibility of determining the changes of aerosol uptake based on different breathing patterns using the electro-mechanical lung simulator and laboratory produced aerosols. Further measurement cycles must be performed in order to validate the found interactions and to characterize the major influencing parameters. KW - Biomedical Engineering, Breathing simulation Y1 - ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pasteka, Richard A1 - Forjan, Mathias A1 - David, Veronika T1 - A Single Point of Contact Data Platform for Rehabilitative Exercises and Equipment T2 - DSAI 2018 - 8th International Conference on Software Development and Technologies for Enhancing Accessibility and Fighting Info-exclusion KW - Telemedicine KW - Rehabilitation KW - Exercise database KW - Home based rehabilitation Y1 - ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pasteka, Richard A1 - Forjan, Mathias A1 - Sauermann, Stefan T1 - Development of a multidisciplinary and telemedicine focused system database T2 - Health Informatics meets eHealth. Digital Insight – Information-Driven Health & Care Proceedings of the 11th eHealth2017 Conference (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, Volume 236) N2 - Tele-rehabilitation at home is one of the promising approaches in increasing rehabilitative success and simultaneously decreasing the financial burden on the healthcare system. Objectives: Novel and mostly mobile devices are already in use, but shall be used in the future to a higher extent for allowing at home rehabilitation processes at a high quality level. The combination of exercises, assessments and available equipment is the basic objective of the presented database. Methods: The database has been structured in order to allow easy-to-use and fast access for the three main user groups. Therapists – looking for exercise and equipment combinations – patients – rechecking their tasks for home exercises – and manufacturers – entering their equipment for specific use cases. Results: The database has been evaluated by a proof of concept study and shows a high degree of applicability for the field of rehabilitative medicine. Currently it contains 110 exercises/assessments and 111 equipment/systems. Conclusion: Foundations of presented database are already established in the rehabilitative field of application, but can and will be enhanced in its functionality to be usable for a higher variety of medical fields and specificatios. KW - telemedicine KW - e-Health Y1 - SP - 144 EP - 151 PB - IOS Press eBooks ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Frohner, Matthias A1 - Gottschalk, Marion A1 - Franzl, Gerald A1 - Pasteka, Richard A1 - Uslar, Mathias A1 - Sauermann, Stefan T1 - Smart Grid Interoperability Profiles Development T2 - IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications KW - Smart Grid KW - Interoperability KW - Computer Architecture KW - Medical Services KW - Standards Y1 - ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Pasteka, Richard A1 - Forjan, Mathias T1 - Changes of particle deposition caused by different breathing patterns during active lung simulation T2 - 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2019 KW - Lung Simulation KW - Breathing Simulation KW - Biomedical Engineering Y1 - 2020 SP - 4969 EP - 4972 ER -