Magnetically suspended fluid pump and control system
First Claim
1. A blood pump apparatus implantable in a patient comprising:
- a. a hollow stator member having an interior wall portion and a stator pump portion;
b. a rotor member having an outer wall portion and a rotor pump portion and said rotor member disposed in said hollow stator member for rotation therein;
c. a magnetic suspension having a stator magnet portion carried by said stator member and a rotor magnet portion carried by said rotor member, said stator member and rotor magnet portions cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member radially in said hollow stator member such that an annular magnetic suspension gap is created between said interior wall portion and said outer wall portion;
d. a magnetic drive having a stator motor portion carried by said stator member and a rotor motor portion carried by said rotor member, said stator motor portion and said rotor motor portion cooperating to magnetically rotate said rotor member relative to said stator member to pump blood through said stator and rotor pump portions; and
e. a Lorentz-force axial bearing having a stator axial bearing portion carried by said stator member and a rotor axial bearing portion carried by said rotor member, said stator axial bearing portion and said rotor axial bearing portion cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member axially in said stator member.
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Abstract
A blood pump for assisting a heart is provided having a stator and a rotor. The rotor is magnetically radially supported creating a suspension gap between the stator and the rotor. The rotor can be supported axially by a Lorentz force bearing and can be magnetically rotated. The stator can have a single or double volute pump chamber and the rotor can have an impeller portion for pumping blood. The rotor can have a center bore as a primary blood flowpath. The suspension gap can be a secondary blood flowpath. The blood pump can also have an axial position controller and a flow rate controller. The axial position controller can cause the axial bearing to adjust the position of the rotor. The flow rate controller can have a member for measuring a dimension of a heart ventricle to control the flow rate to avoid overly distending or contracting the ventricle. A method of operating the flow rate controller to create a pulsatile flow rate is also provided. Additionally, the blood pump can be part of a cardiac assist and arrhythmia control system. Moreover, a method of operating the flow rate controller can be provided which reduces the amount of energy needed to treat fibrillation. The method can include operating the flow rate controller to reduce a radial dimension of the ventricle prior to delivering defibrillation energy such that the ventricle contains less blood which absorbs less energy so that a larger fraction of the energy is delivered to the heart.
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Citations
42 Claims
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1. A blood pump apparatus implantable in a patient comprising:
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a. a hollow stator member having an interior wall portion and a stator pump portion; b. a rotor member having an outer wall portion and a rotor pump portion and said rotor member disposed in said hollow stator member for rotation therein; c. a magnetic suspension having a stator magnet portion carried by said stator member and a rotor magnet portion carried by said rotor member, said stator member and rotor magnet portions cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member radially in said hollow stator member such that an annular magnetic suspension gap is created between said interior wall portion and said outer wall portion; d. a magnetic drive having a stator motor portion carried by said stator member and a rotor motor portion carried by said rotor member, said stator motor portion and said rotor motor portion cooperating to magnetically rotate said rotor member relative to said stator member to pump blood through said stator and rotor pump portions; and e. a Lorentz-force axial bearing having a stator axial bearing portion carried by said stator member and a rotor axial bearing portion carried by said rotor member, said stator axial bearing portion and said rotor axial bearing portion cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member axially in said stator member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A blood pump apparatus implantable in a patient comprising:
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a. a hollow stator member having an interior wall portion and a stator pump portion; b. a rotor member having an outer wall portion and a rotor pump portion and said rotor member disposed in said hollow stator member for rotation therein; c. a magnetic suspension having a stator magnet portion carried by said stator member and a rotor magnet portion carried by said rotor member, said stator member and rotor magnet portions cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member radially in said rotor chamber such that an annular magnetic suspension gap is created between said interior wall portion and said outer wall portion; d. a magnetic drive having a stator motor portion carried by said stator member and a rotor motor portion carried by said rotor member, said stator motor portion and said rotor motor portion cooperating to magnetically rotate said rotor member relative to said stator member to pump blood through said stator and rotor pump portions; e. a Lorentz-force axial bearing having a stator axial bearing portion carried by said stator member and a rotor axial bearing portion carried by said rotor member, said stator axial bearing portion and said rotor axial bearing portion cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member axially in said stator member; f. an axial position controller to control said Lorentz force axial bearing to maintain said rotor member at a defined setpoint relative to said stator member; g. an axial position sensor having a stator sensor portion carried by said stator member and a rotor sensor portion carried by said rotor member said stator sensor portion and said rotor sensor portion cooperating to detect an axial position of said rotor member relative to said stator member; h. wherein said Lorentz force axial bearing further comprises displacement means for axially displacing said rotor member relative to said stator member; i. wherein said displacement means is a bi-directional displacement means; and j. wherein said axial position controller varies said setpoint and controls said displacement means to axially displace said rotor member to correspond to said setpoint. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A blood pump apparatus implantable in a patient comprising:
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a. a hollow stator member having an interior wall portion and a stator pump portion; b. a rotor member having an outer wall portion and a rotor pump portion and said rotor member disposed in said hollow stator member for rotation therein; c. a magnetic suspension having a stator magnet portion carried by said stator member and a rotor magnet portion carried by said rotor member, said stator member and rotor magnet portions cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member radially in said rotor chamber such that an annular magnetic suspension gap is created between said interior wall portion and said outer wall portion; d. a magnetic drive having a stator motor portion carried by said stator member and a rotor motor portion carried by said rotor member, said stator motor portion and said rotor motor portion cooperating to magnetically rotate said rotor member relative to said stator member to pump blood through said stator and rotor pump portions; e. a Lorentz-force axial bearing having a stator axial bearing portion carried by said stator member and a rotor axial bearing portion carried by said rotor member, said stator axial bearing portion and said rotor axial bearing portion cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member axially in said stator member; and f. an artificial heart valve assembly for preventing retrograde blood flow and said valve assembly is operatively connected between said stator pump portion and a circulatory system. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A blood pump apparatus implantable in a patient comprising:
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a. a hollow stator member having an interior wall portion and a stator pump portion; b. a rotor member having an outer wall portion and a rotor pump portion and said rotor member disposed in said hollow stator member for rotation therein; c. a magnetic suspension having a stator magnet portion carried by said stator member and a rotor magnet portion carried by said rotor member, said stator member and rotor magnet portions cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member radially in said rotor chamber such that an annular magnetic suspension gap is created between said interior wall portion and said outer wall portion; d. a magnetic drive having a stator motor portion carried by said stator member and a rotor motor portion carried by said rotor member, said stator motor portion and said rotor motor portion cooperating to magnetically rotate said rotor member relative to said stator member to pump blood through said stator and rotor pump portions; e. a Lorentz-force axial bearing having a stator axial bearing portion carried by said stator member and a rotor axial bearing portion carried by said rotor member, said stator axial bearing portion and said rotor axial bearing portion cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member axially in said stator member; and f. said rotor member having a center bore forming a blood flow path in fluid communication with said stator pump portion. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A blood pump apparatus implantable in a patient comprising:
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a. a hollow stator member having an interior wall portion and a stator pump portion; b. a rotor member having an outer wall portion and a rotor pump portion and said rotor member disposed in said hollow stator member for rotation therein; c. a magnetic suspension having a stator magnet portion carried by said stator member and a rotor magnet portion carried by said rotor member, said stator member and rotor magnet portions cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member radially in said rotor chamber such that an annular magnetic suspension gap is created between said interior wall portion and said outer wall portion; d. a magnetic drive having a stator motor portion carried by said stator member and a rotor motor portion carried by said rotor member, said stator motor portion and said rotor motor portion cooperating to magnetically rotate said rotor member relative to said stator member to pump blood through said stator and rotor pump portions; e. a Lorentz-force axial bearing having a stator axial bearing portion carried by said stator member and a rotor axial bearing portion carried by said rotor member, said stator axial bearing portion and said rotor axial bearing portion cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member axially in said stator member; and f. a flow rate controller to control a flow rate of said blood pump. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An artificial heart apparatus comprising a pair of blood pumps and each of said pair of blood pumps at least one of assisting and replacing a ventricle of a natural heart, each of said pair of blood pumps having,
a. a hollow stator member having an interior wall portion and a stator pump portion, b. a rotor member having an outer wall portion and a rotor pump portion and said rotor member disposed in said hollow stator member for rotation therein, c. a magnetic suspension having a stator magnet portion carried by said stator member and a rotor magnet portion carried by said rotor member, said stator member and rotor magnet portions cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member radially in said rotor chamber such that an annular magnetic suspension gap is created between said interior wall portion and said outer wall portion, d. a magnetic drive having a stator motor portion carried by said stator member and a rotor motor portion carried by said rotor member, said stator motor portion and said rotor motor portion cooperating to magnetically rotate said rotor member relative to said stator member to pump blood through said stator and rotor pump portions, and e. a Lorentz-force axial bearing having a stator axial bearing portion carried by said stator member and a rotor axial bearing portion carried by said rotor member, said stator axial bearing portion and said rotor axial bearing portion cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member axially in said stator member.
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35. A blood pump apparatus implantable in a patient comprising:
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a. a stator member having a stator pump portion; b. a rotor member having a rotor pump portion and said rotor member disposed adjacent said stator pump portion for rotation; c. a magnetic suspension having a stator magnet portion carried by said stator member and a rotor magnet portion carried by said rotor member, said stator member and rotor magnet portions cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member radially such that an annular magnetic suspension gap is created between said rotor member and said stator member; d. a magnetic drive having a stator motor portion carried by said stator member and a rotor motor portion carried by said rotor member, said stator motor portion and said rotor motor portion cooperating to magnetically rotate said rotor member relative to said stator member to pump blood through said stator and rotor pump portions; and e. a Lorentz-force axial bearing having a stator axial bearing portion carried by said stator member and a rotor axial bearing portion carried by said rotor member, said stator axial bearing portion and said rotor axial bearing portion cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member axially relative to said stator member. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A blood pump apparatus implantable in a patient comprising:
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a. a stator member having a stator pump portion; b. a rotor member having a rotor pump portion and said rotor member disposed adjacent said hollow stator pump portion for rotation; c. a magnetic suspension having a stator magnet portion carried by said stator member and a rotor magnet portion carried by said rotor member, said stator member and rotor magnet portions cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member radially such that an annular magnetic suspension gap is created between said rotor member and said stator member; d. a magnetic drive having a stator motor portion carried by said stator member and a rotor motor portion carried by said rotor member said stator motor portion and said rotor motor portion cooperating to magnetically rotate said rotor member relative to said stator member to pump blood through said stator and rotor pump portions; e. a Lorentz-force axial bearing having a stator axial bearing portion carried by said stator member and a rotor axial bearing portion carried by said rotor member, said stator axial bearing portion and said rotor axial bearing portion cooperating to magnetically support said rotor member axially relative to said stator member; f. an axial position controller to control said Lorentz force axial bearing to maintain said rotor member at a defined setpoint relative to said stator member; g. an axial position sensor having a stator sensor portion carried by said stator member and a rotor sensor portion carried by said rotor member, said stator sensor portion and said rotor sensor portion cooperating to detect an axial position of said rotor member relative to said stator member; h. wherein said Lorentz force axial bearing further comprises displacement means for axially displacing said rotor member relative to said stator member; i. wherein said displacement means is a bi-directional displacement means; and j. wherein said axial position controller varies said setpoint and controls said displacement means to axially displace said rotor member to correspond to said setpoint. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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