Cannula Tip With Integrated Volume Sensor for Rotary Blood Pump Control: Early-Stage Development

Position control of a MEMS stage with integrated sensor

Magnetic drive system for a new centrifugal rotary blood pump.

The purpose of this investigation was to design a novel magnetic drive and bearing system for a new centrifugal rotary blood pump (CRBP). The drive system consists of two components: (i) permanent magnets within the impeller of the CRBP; and (ii) the driving electromagnets. Orientation of the magnets varies from axial through to 60 degrees included out-lean (conical configuration). Permanent ma...

Control Method of a Rotary Blood Pump for a Left Ventricular Assist Device

The aim of the investigation is to develop a control method of a rotary blood pump (RBP) to solve the following problems: estimation of the pump flow rate, achievement and maintaining of the desired flow level through the continuous adjustment of pump speed and prevention of adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. Results. Functional chart of RBP control consists of several units: a unit ...

A Sensorless Robust Tracking Control of an Implantable Rotary Blood Pump for Heart Failure Patients

Physiological control of a left ventricle assist device (LVAD) is generally a complicated task due to diverse operating environments and patient variability. In this work, a tracking control algorithm based on sliding mode and feed forward control for a class of discrete-time single input single output (SISO) nonlinear uncertain systems is presented. The controller was developed to track the re...

Bearing Dynamic Characteristics of the Ventrassist Rotary Blood Pump

The VentrAssist implantable rotary blood pump, intended for long term ventricular assist, is under development and is currently being tested for its rotor-dynamic stability. A shaftless impeller, which also acts as the rotor of the brushless DC motor, is passively suspended in the pump cavity by hydrodynamic forces. The paper presents experimental investigation of the displacement of the impell...