| 摘要 |
<p>A fluid delivery system (10) includes a first fluid container (12) having infusion fluid for a patient. The first fluid container has an outlet (42) and a fluid conduit (20) attached to the outlet. A second fluid container (16) applies pressure to the first fluid container to force fluid out of the first container and into the conduit at a desired flow rate. A pressure sensor (22) is coupled to the second fluid container and a flow sensor (24) is coupled to the conduit. The pressure sensor provides pressure signals to a processor (30) in response to the pressure in the second fluid container, while the flow sensor provides flow signals to the processor in response to the fluid flow through the conduit. The processor monitors the flow rate and controls the duty cycle of a downstream flow control actuator (28) to maintain the desired flow rate. The processor may also determine the downstream resistance of the system by varying the flow rate about the selected flow rate, receiving the pressure signals and the flow signals, and calculating the change in pressure over the change in flow rate to produce the fluid resistance measurement.
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