Patent Document ID: 20100081119
Application ID: 12241901
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: providing a plurality of respiratory muscle effort waveform specifications for use by a breathing effort generator of a test platform, each of the plurality of respiratory muscle effort waveform specifications having associated therewith one or more waveform parameters, the plurality of respiratory muscle effort waveform specifications including one or more of (i) a first waveform specification based upon an empirical model that approximates clinically-observed, patient-generated muscle pressures, (ii) a second waveform specification based on configurable etiology-driven templates and (iii) a third waveform specification based on a configurable piecewise trajectory template; configuring a waveform engine of the breathing effort generator in accordance with (i) a selected waveform specification of the plurality of respiratory muscle effort waveform specifications and (ii) values for each of the one or more waveform parameters of the selected waveform specification; and causing a desired breathing pattern to be simulated by a lung simulation system of the test platform based on (i) one or more model parameter values and (ii) a respiratory muscle effort waveform generated by the waveform engine.