Pumps – Motor driven – Electric or magnetic motor
Patent
1996-10-18
2000-06-06
Thorpe, Timothy S.
Pumps
Motor driven
Electric or magnetic motor
417420, 604151, 384100, F04B 1704
Patent
active
060710934
ABSTRACT:
A magnetically operated blood pump includes a rotor with an impeller that rotates within a housing, and the housing fastens to a driver that preferably electromagnetically controls the speed and disposition of the impeller in response to sensed conditions. The impeller and housing constitute a disposable assembly in which permanent magnets embedded in the impeller stabilize its position to maintain pumping tolerances in at least one dimension, and also couple to external fields to rotate the impeller. In one embodiment concentric arrangements of cylinder magnets passively maintain radial centering, while coils in the driver are actuated to simultaneously produce a rotational torque and to correct axial or tilt displacements. In a preferred embodiment of this type, sensors around the periphery detect axial displacement and/or tilt as the impeller turns, while the drive circuit responds to the sensor signal to produce compensating phase changes in the coil drive signals. The drive coils are disposed in a common plane and are symmetrically spaced about the central axis, and the phase changes in their drive signals result in a compensating axial force, which may be different in each of the coils to correct tilt. In another or further embodiment, the rotor is freely suspended such that blood washes over one or more surfaces of the rotor, and fluid pressure produces a net restoring force on the rotor to counteract changes in tilt or axial position within the housing. In this case, the driver need only drive rotation of the pump. The drive unit works with a variety of multipole impeller pumps, including ones with magnetic segmented rotors and conventional mechanical support bearings such as ones with a jewel or shaft bearing element. In other embodiments, plural sets of magnets provide passive constraint of radial disturbances and two tilt movements, while axial disturbances are corrected either passively by hydrodynamic surfaces or actively with the driver. The driver unit may include a hand crank assembly, enabling continued operation during power outages.
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