DYNAMIC COMPLIANCE PATIENT CIRCUIT

Methods and systems for dynamically adjusting the compliance of a patient circuit. In an example, the technology relates to a medical ventilation system that includes a dynamic compliance circuit. The dynamic compliance circuit includes an inspiratory tube extending from an inhalation port of a medical ventilator, the inspiratory tube defining an inner lumen for carrying breathing gases from the inhalation port towards a patient; and a compliance adjustment covering coupled to the inspiratory tube, wherein adjustments to the compliance adjustment covering alter an effective compliance of the inspiratory tube. The system may also include a processor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to perform operations including, based a type of ventilation mode of the ventilator, causing an adjustment to the compliance adjustment covering to alter the effective compliance of the inspiratory tube.