Construction of modular novel bioartificial liver support system.

A modular novel bioartificial liver support system was designed and constructed in order to simplify tedious operation of artificial liver treatment and to improve the applicability in the system. The design ideas, structure composition, system function, and etc, were described in detail. In this system, the variety of the therapy modes could be conveniently connected by the interface of modular structure. Industrial control computer was used as the main control platform, and physical of control parameters such as pressure, pump speed, dissolved oxygen, temperature, and etc, were transmitted into computer, then according to the instruction, process of the treatment was accomplished by the executing units implemented by main control system. Touch screen of human-computer interface was adopted, which made the system better operational and more comfortable. The system has passed the spot function test, and all indexes can meet requirements for the clinical treatment requested. It has the character such as modular design, systematic distribution, building-block structure, and etc, which supports a great novel operation platform for artificial therapy.