A survey on requirements for safety and control concepts of artificial implantable lungs

Abstract: There are endeavors for the development of an artificial implantable lung as a long-term lung support, even in an ambulatory setting. In the present work, we report on a survey with domain-experts on requirements for safety and automation concepts of an artificial (partially) implanted lung. The results of the study indicate that there are significant concerns regarding the safety, especially in the ambulatory setting. Further technological advances are necessary to prevent complications that currently occur and to reduce the required supervision to the most important parameters.