Control and personalization approach for an ICT-enabled wearable artifical kidney

We present a new control approach for a wearable artificial kidney device, which is currently under development. In contrast to conventional dialysis, this device makes use of a selective adsorption filter which enables miniaturization and thereby a mobile application also out of clinical settings. To facilitate such an unsupervised treatment the device is equipped with diverse sensing capabilities to adapt its function and so allows to maintain the hydration level as well as different concentrations in the blood. This paper elaborates on the developed combined control approach for these interacting main functions which allow the personalization of the renal support system.