Blood pump
First Claim
1. A blood pump comprising:
- a pump chamber having a inlet port and an outlet port,a pressurizing chamber having at least one port provided adjacent to the pump chamber,a rotor chamber provided adjacent to the pressurizing chamber andan impeller device comprising;
a rotation shaft rotatably supported at a center of a bottom of the rotor chamber, extending into the pump chamber through a second rotation shaft hole provided at a center of a bottom of the pressurizing chamber and a first rotation shaft hole provided at a center of a bottom of the pump chamber;
an impeller base plate secured to a top of the rotation shaft in the pump chamber, and having a plurality of impeller blades provided radially on the base plate; and
a rotor secured to a lower part of the rotation shaft in the rotor chamber,wherein the rotation shaft is provided with a first annular seal member which is mounted at an upper side of the bottom of the pump chamber and has a first umbrella-shaped skirt portion made of an elastomeric material and extending from a lower part of the first annular seal member toward a surface of the upper side of the bottom of the pump chamber so as to cover a first clearance between the rotation shaft and the first rotation shaft hole, and a second annular seal member which is mounted at an upper side of the bottom of the pressurizing chamber and has a second umbrella-shaped skirt portion made of an elastomeric material and extending from a lower part of the second annular seal member toward a surface of the upper side of the bottom of the pressurizing chamber so as to cover a second clearance between the rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft hole.
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Abstract
A novel cardiac assist blood pump is disclosed. The blood pump comprises a pump chamber, a pressurizing chamber provided adjacent to the pump chamber, a rotor chamber provided adjacent to the pressurizing chamber and an impelled positioned in the pump chamber, said pump being characterized in that the rotation shaft of the impeller means is provided with a first seal member having a skirt portion which is made of an elastomeric material and extends downward to cover the clearance between the rotation shaft and the first rotation shaft hole provided between the pump chamber and the pressurizing chamber and a second seal member similar to the first one which covers the clearance between the rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft hole provided between the pressurizing chamber and the rotor chamber; and tile pressurizing liquid is forced into the pressurizing chamber. The pressurizing liquid penetrates into the pump chamber through the clearance between the rotation shaft and the rotation shaft hole and lifts the skirt portion of the first seal member and the friction between the seal member and tile bottom of the pump chamber is prevented. Also the pressurizing liquid presses the skirt portion of the second seal member and thus prevents leakage of tile pressurizing liquid into the rotor chamber.
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1. A blood pump comprising:
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a pump chamber having a inlet port and an outlet port, a pressurizing chamber having at least one port provided adjacent to the pump chamber, a rotor chamber provided adjacent to the pressurizing chamber and an impeller device comprising; a rotation shaft rotatably supported at a center of a bottom of the rotor chamber, extending into the pump chamber through a second rotation shaft hole provided at a center of a bottom of the pressurizing chamber and a first rotation shaft hole provided at a center of a bottom of the pump chamber; an impeller base plate secured to a top of the rotation shaft in the pump chamber, and having a plurality of impeller blades provided radially on the base plate; and a rotor secured to a lower part of the rotation shaft in the rotor chamber, wherein the rotation shaft is provided with a first annular seal member which is mounted at an upper side of the bottom of the pump chamber and has a first umbrella-shaped skirt portion made of an elastomeric material and extending from a lower part of the first annular seal member toward a surface of the upper side of the bottom of the pump chamber so as to cover a first clearance between the rotation shaft and the first rotation shaft hole, and a second annular seal member which is mounted at an upper side of the bottom of the pressurizing chamber and has a second umbrella-shaped skirt portion made of an elastomeric material and extending from a lower part of the second annular seal member toward a surface of the upper side of the bottom of the pressurizing chamber so as to cover a second clearance between the rotation shaft and the second rotation shaft hole. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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