Surgery – Cardiac augmentation
Reexamination Certificate
2005-04-26
2005-04-26
Getzow, Scott M. (Department: 3762)
Surgery
Cardiac augmentation
Reexamination Certificate
active
06884210
ABSTRACT:
It is an object of the present invention to realize a small and light blood pump that can control thrombosis and moreover, endure a prolonged use.A blood pump comprising an impeller, a casing having a suction inlet and a delivery outlet and rotatably encasing the impeller, a magnetic drive means for rotating the impeller by magnetically acting from outside of the casing on a magnet that the impeller includes, a magnetic attraction force adjustment means for adjusting the attraction force by said magnetic action, a control means for rotating speed of said magnetic drive means, and a pair of pivot bearings for supporting pivots at both ends of the impeller rotation shaft, wherein the distance between bearing faces of said both pivot bearings is set longer than the length of the rotation shaft of the impeller and the rotation speed of the impeller is controlled to a predetermined speed by said control means for rotating speed so as to levitate the impeller in the blood flow in the casing and to maintain out of contact between the pivots at both ends of the rotation shaft of the impeller and the bearing face of said both pivot bearing.
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Ichikawa Seiji
Nose Yukihiko
Shinohara Toshiyuki
Baylor College of Medicine
Getzow Scott M.
Lipsitz Barry R.
McAllister Douglas M.
Miwatec Incorporated
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