Surgery – Cardiac augmentation
Patent
1987-04-09
1988-10-25
Rosenbaum, C. Fred
Surgery
Cardiac augmentation
604 9, 604151, 604 67, 415DIG4, 417356, 623 3, A61B 1900
Patent
active
047796146
ABSTRACT:
An implantable axial flow blood pump maximizes the blood flow while minimizing the dimensions of the pump. By magnetically suspending a rotor of relatively small diameter coaxially in a cylindrical blood conduit of substantially larger inner diameter, an adequate flow area through the pump is provided, and the need for bearings, lubrication and seal purging fluid is eliminated. This is made possible by the use of neodymium-boron-iron rotor magnets which allow a substantial gap between the static motor armature and the rotor. The rotor is simultaneously torqued and maintained in a position coaxial with the blood conduit by individually varying the current in the armature windings while they are being commutated. The position of the rotor axis is accurately sensed by placing magnetically permeable strips into opposite ends of the pump stator blades in such a manner that they transmit to Hall sensors variations in an annular magnetic field surrounding the rotor adjacent the ends of the pump stator blades.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4123666 (1978-10-01), Miller
patent: 4155022 (1979-05-01), Crockett
patent: 4625712 (1986-12-01), Wampler
patent: 4688998 (1987-08-01), Olsen
Kartchner Gene B.
Nimbus Medical, Inc.
Rosenbaum C. Fred
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