Sealless rotodynamic pump with fluid bearing
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1. A rotodynamic pump comprising:
- a housing having an inlet and outlet in fluid communication with a chamber;
a rotor having an impeller received in the chamber;
a drive assembly for rotating the rotor relative to the housing including a drive element and a driven element operatively associated with the rotor;
a fluid bearing for solely supporting the rotor in the chamber provided by an extension of an end wall of the chamber; and
a first blade set for continually renewing the fluid in contact with all wetted surfaces of the chamber.
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Abstract
A sealless centrifugal blood pump is provided in which a rotatable impeller is supported in a pump housing by fluid bearings during operation. Rotational movement of the impeller is accomplished with an inverted motor for magnetically driving of the impeller and maintenance of the axial running position of the impeller relative to the housing. In an alternative embodiment, the axis of the rotor housing is radially displaced relative to the axes of drive element of the motor and the motor housing.
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41 Claims
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1. A rotodynamic pump comprising:
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a housing having an inlet and outlet in fluid communication with a chamber; a rotor having an impeller received in the chamber; a drive assembly for rotating the rotor relative to the housing including a drive element and a driven element operatively associated with the rotor; a fluid bearing for solely supporting the rotor in the chamber provided by an extension of an end wall of the chamber; and a first blade set for continually renewing the fluid in contact with all wetted surfaces of the chamber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A rotodynamic pump comprising:
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a housing having an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with a chamber; a shaftless rotor received in the chamber for selective rotation relative to the housing; a drive assembly for rotating the rotor relative to the housing including a drive element and a driven element operatively associated with the rotor; a fluid bearing defined between the rotor and the housing; and first set of blades for continually renewing the fluid in contact with all wetted surfaces on the chamber. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A rotodynamic blood pump comprising:
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a housing having an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with a chamber, the housing including a housing portion that extends axially inward to the chamber from an end wall; an annular rotor received in the chamber around the housing portion for selective rotation relative to the housing, the rotor being spaced from the housing and housing portion to define radially spaced first and second passages, the first passage extending between the inlet and outlet and containing an impeller blade set on the rotor for urging flow from the inlet to the outlet, and the second passage being narrowed at first and second ends to form fluid bearings; a drive assembly for rotating the rotor relative to the housing including a ferromagnetic assembly received in the rotor and an electric motor stator and winding assembly installed in the housing and radially coupled to the ferromagnetic assembly in the rotor; and means for continually renewing the blood in contact with all wetted surfaces of the chamber. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A rotodynamic pump comprising:
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a housing having an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with a chamber; a rotor having an impeller received in the chamber; a drive assembly for rotating the rotor relative to the housing including a drive element and a driven element operatively associated with the rotor; fluid bearing means for primarily supporting the rotor in the chamber provided by an extension of an end wall of the chamber; and means for continually renewing the fluid in contact with all wetted surfaces of the chamber.
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