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Systems And Methods For Simulation And Software Testing

  • US 20120197578A1
  • Filed: 01/31/2011
  • Published: 08/02/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A ventilator-testing device system comprising:

  • a ventilator system, the ventilator system including;

    a breath delivery system, the breath delivery system includes hardware components that control gas flow from a gas supply to a patient and control ventilator parameters,wherein the hardware components include at least one sensor, the at least one sensor monitors at least one of patient data and breath delivery system data to form monitored data;

    a central processing unit that generates commands for the breath delivery system in response to at least one of received data and operator input; and

    a software module, wherein the software module sends simulation data based on received simulation commands to the central processing unit instead of the monitored data sent by the breath delivery system to the central processing unit and receives the response data generated by the central processing unit in response to the simulation data; and

    the testing device, the testing device including;

    a ventilator electrical connection device that electrically connects a ventilator to the testing device;

    a controller on the testing device that interacts with the software module on the ventilator system and sends simulation commands to the software module via the ventilator electrical connection device;

    a ventilator system reader that receives response data from the software module generated by the ventilator system in response to the simulation commands, wherein the ventilator system generates the response data by analyzing simulation data generated in response to the simulation commands as if the simulation data were monitored data derived from the hardware within the ventilator system; and

    a compare module in communication with the ventilator system reader, the compare module compares the response data with expected ventilator system response data.

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