Blood pump control system and blood pump system

• US 10,434,233 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2013
• Issued: 10/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rocketheart Technology Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing Research Institute of Precise Mechatronics and Controls
• Inventors: Xu, Jian, Li, Jipeng, Wang, Wei, Su, Jingjing, Li, Xue, Zhang, Lei
• Primary Examiner(s): Alter, Alyssa M
• Application Number:
  US14/410,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20160263299A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,141 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/18 with alarm
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3334 Measuring or controlling the flow rate
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3507 with implanted devices, e.g. external control
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3553 remote, e.g. between patient's home and doctor's office
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3561 local, e.g. within room or hospital
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3569 sublocal, e.g. between console and disposable
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/3584 using modem, internet or bluetooth
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/005 Parameter used as control input for the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2230/04 Heartbeat characteristics, e.g. ECG, blood pressure modulation
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/148 in line with a blood vessel using resection or like techniques, e.g. permanent endovascular heart assist devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/178 drawing blood from a ventricle and returning the blood to the arterial system via a cannula external to the ventricle, e.g. left or right ventricular assist devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/183 drawing blood from both ventricles, e.g. bi-ventricular assist devices [BiVAD]
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/232 Centrifugal pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/237 the blood flow through the rotating member having mainly axial components, e.g. axial flow pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/422 the force acting on the blood contacting member being electromagnetic, e.g. using canned motor pumps
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/523 using blood flow data, e.g. from blood flow transducers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 60/546 of blood flow, e.g. by adapting rotor speed

Abstract

A blood pump control system includes a local processing terminal and a remote processing terminal. The local processing terminal is configured to transmit to the remote processing terminal, collected current state parameters of the blood pump and heart activity indexes, and to drive and control the blood pump according to blood pump adjusting parameters received from the remote processing terminal. The remote processing terminal is configured to obtain current blood pump adjusting parameters according to the current state parameters, and the heart activity indexes received from the local processing terminal, and set adjusting conditions; and to transmit the blood pump adjusting parameters back to the local processing terminal.

Claims

1. A blood pump control system, comprising:

a local processing terminal;

a remote processing terminal;

the local processing terminal being configured to transmit to the remote processing terminal, collected current state parameters of a blood pump and heart activity indexes, and to drive and control the blood pump according to blood pump adjusting parameters received from the remote processing terminal;

the remote processing terminal being configured to obtain current blood pump adjusting parameters according to;

the current state parameters and the heart activity indexes received from the local processing terminal; and

set adjusting conditions that were set according to at least one of clinical test data or conventionally set adjusting conditions;

said remote processing terminal additionally configured to wirelessly transmit the obtained blood pump adjusting parameters back to the local processing terminal; and

said local processing terminal configured to drive and control the blood pump according to obtained blood pump adjusting parameters transmitted wirelessly from the remote processing terminal to the local processing terminal.

2. The blood pump control system of claim 1, wherein:

the local processing terminal includes a collecting module, a remote transmitting terminal and a driving module;

the collecting module being configured to collect blood pump state parameters and heart activity indexes of a carrier;

the remote transmitting terminal being configured to transmit the blood pump state parameters and the heart activity indexes of the carrier to the remote processing terminal in a wireless or wired communication mode;

the collecting module being connected to the remote transmitting terminal via USB and/or a short distance wireless communication interface; and

the driving module being configured to drive and control the blood pump according to the blood pump adjusting parameters received from the remote processing terminal.

3. The blood pump control system of claim 2, wherein:

the local processing terminal is supplied with power by a power supply including a direct current (DC) power supply and/or an alternating current (AC) power supply.

4. The blood pump control system of claim 3, wherein the local processing terminal further includes at least one of the following:

a local low-electricity warning module configured to generate local low-electricity warning information or a low-electricity warning acknowledgement request if a total electricity or voltage value of the DC power supply and the AC power supply is lower than a set electricity or voltage value;

a local pump state warning module configured to generate local pump state warning information or a pump state warning acknowledgement request if a first motor feedback signal or a second motor feedback signal of the blood pump is an abnormal signal; and

a local state parameter warning module configured to generate local state parameter warning information or a state parameter warning acknowledgement request if any value of pump voltage, pump current, pump rotation speed, pump flow or heart rate is abnormal.

5. The blood pump control system of claim 4, wherein:

the local processing terminal further includes a warning device configured to output the local low-electricity warning information, the local pump state warning information or the local state parameter warning information.

6. The blood pump control system of claim 4, wherein:

the local low-electricity warning module, the local pump state warning module or the local state parameter warning module is further configured to generate remote low-electricity warning information, remote pump state warning information or remote state parameter warning information if a warning acknowledgement is not received within a set period.

7. The blood pump control system of claim 6, wherein:

the remote transmitting terminal is further configured to transmit the remote low-electricity warning information, the remote pump state warning information or the remote state parameter warning information to the remote processing terminal in a wireless or wired communication mode.

8. The blood pump control system of claim 7, wherein:

the remote transmitting terminal further includes a GPS navigation module configured to obtain current position navigation information if the remote low-electricity warning information, the remote pump state warning information or the remote state parameter warning information is received.

9. The blood pump control system of claim 6, wherein:

the remote transmitting terminal is further configured to make a call request to a first emergency call number via a local number, if the remote low-electricity warning information, the remote pump state warning information or the remote state parameter warning information is received, and to make a call request to a second emergency call number if the first emergency call number does not reply within a set period.

10. The blood pump control system of claim 6, wherein the remote transmitting terminal is further configured to:

generate low-electricity warning instant information, pump state warning instant information or state parameter warning instant information according to the remote low-electricity warning information, the remote pump state warning information or the remote state parameter warning information, if the remote low-electricity warning information, the remote pump state warning information or the remote state parameter warning information is received;

transmit the low-electricity warning instant information, the pump state warning instant information or the state parameter warning instant information to a first emergency call number via a local number; and

transmit the low-electricity warning instant information, the pump state warning instant information or the state parameter warning instant information to a second emergency call number if a reply to the instant information is not received within a set period.

11. The blood pump control system of claim 8, wherein the remote transmitting terminal is further configured to:

generate low-electricity warning instant information, pump state warning instant information or state parameter warning instant information according to the remote low-electricity warning information, the remote pump state warning information or the remote state parameter warning information and the position navigation information, if the remote low-electricity warning information, the remote pump state warning information or the remote state parameter warning information is received;

transmit the low-electricity warning instant information, the pump state warning instant information or the state parameter warning instant information to a first emergency call number via a local number; and

transmit the low-electricity warning instant information, the pump state warning instant information or the state parameter warning instant information to a second emergency call number if a reply to the instant information is not received within a set period.

12. The blood pump control system of claim 8, wherein:

the remote processing terminal includes a remote service platform and a remote processing platform;

the remote service platform being configured to receive the current pump voltage, pump current, pump rotation speed, pump flow, heart rate from the local processing terminal, and to transmit the blood pump adjusting parameters obtained by the remote processing platform back to the local processing terminal; and

the remote processing platform being configured to obtain current blood pump adjusting parameters according to the current pump voltage, pump current, pump rotation speed, pump flow, heart rate, history heart activity indexes of the patient, and the set adjusting conditions.

13. The blood pump control system of claim 12, wherein:

the remote processing platform includes a first remote processing platform and a second remote processing platform;

an authority of the current blood pump adjusting parameters obtained by the first remote processing platform is higher than an authority of the current blood pump adjusting parameters obtained by the second remote processing platform.

14. The blood pump control system of claim 12, wherein:

the remote processing terminal further includes a warning transmitting module configured to generate low-electricity warning push information, pump state warning push information or state parameter warning push information according to the low-electricity warning information and its corresponding position navigation information, the pump state warning information and its corresponding position navigation information or the state parameter warning information and its corresponding position navigation information.

15. The blood pump control system of claim 14, wherein:

the warning transmitting module is further configured to transmit an instant message to a first emergency number according to the remote low-electricity warning push information, the remote pump state warning push information or the remote state parameter warning push information, or push the information to a first emergency account if the remote low-electricity warning push information, the remote pump state warning push information or the remote state parameter warning push information is received, and to transmit an instant message to a second emergency number or push the information to a second emergency account if a reply from the first emergency call number is not received within a set period.

16. The blood pump control system of claim 2, wherein:

the local processing terminal further includes a remote receiving terminal configured to receive the current blood pump adjusting parameters from the remote processing terminal in a wireless or wired communication mode.

17. A blood pump control method comprising:

transmitting, by a local processing terminal, collected current state parameters of a blood pump and heart activity indexes, to a remote processing terminal;

obtaining, by the remote processing terminal, current blood pump adjusting parameters, according to;

the current state parameters, and the heart activity indexes received from the local processing terminal; and

set adjusting conditions that were set according to at least one of clinical test data or conventionally set adjusting conditions;

wirelessly transmitting, by the remote processing terminal, the obtained blood pump adjusting parameters back to the local processing terminal; and

driving and controlling, by the local processing terminal, the blood pump according to the obtained blood pump adjusting parameters received wirelessly from the remote processing terminal.

18. A blood pump system comprising:

a blood pump; and

a blood pump control system including;

a local processing terminal;

a remote processing terminal;

the local processing terminal being configured to transmit to the remote processing terminal, collected current state parameters of a blood pump and heart activity indexes, and to drive and control the blood pump according to blood pump adjusting parameters received from the remote processing terminal; and

the remote processing terminal being configured to obtain current blood pump adjusting parameters according to;

the current state parameters and the heart activity indexes received from the local processing terminal; and

set adjusting conditions;

said remote processing terminal additionally configured to transmit the obtained blood pump adjusting parameters back to the local processing terminal;

wherein the local processing terminal is configured to drive and control the blood pump according to obtained blood pump adjusting parameters transmitted wirelessly from the remote processing terminal to the local processing terminal.

19. The blood pump system of claim 18, wherein the blood pump is a suspending rotary blood pump.