A bearing assembly is configured to retain a distal end of an impeller of a blood pump, where the impeller includes a drive shaft. The bearing assembly includes a pivot member coupled to a distal end of the drive shaft; a distal bearing cup having a proximally-facing surface configured to engage at least a portion of a distal section of the pivot member; and a sleeve bearing disposed around at least a portion of a proximal section of the pivot member.

A bearing assembly is configured to retain a distal end of an impeller of a blood pump, where the impeller includes a drive shaft. The bearing assembly includes a pivot member coupled to a distal end of the drive shaft; a distal bearing cup having a proximally-facing surface configured to engage at least a portion of a distal section of the pivot member; and a sleeve bearing disposed around at least a portion of a proximal section of the pivot member.

The invention relates to a fluid pump device, in particular for the medical application, with a compressible pump housing and rotor, as well as with an actuation means which runs in the sleeve and on whose end the fluid pump is arranged. In order to utilize all possibilities of a space-saving arrangement of the respective pump housing of the rotor, which is compressible per se, and as the case may be, a bearing arrangement, the mentioned elements are displaceable to one another in the axial direction compared to an operation position. In particular these elements may be end-configured by way of an axial movement of the drive shaft after the assembly.

A quick-connection type magnetic transmission apparatus for use in a medical interventional instrument, comprising a drive-side housing and a driven-side housing. The drive-side housing and the driven-side housing are coaxially arranged and are connected in a nested mode; a magnetic coupling structure, a magnetic coupling and coaxial guiding mechanism, and an integral coaxial guiding mechanism are sequentially comprised from inside to outside; the magnetic coupling structure consists of a magnetic transmission drive end (12), a magnetic transmission driven end (11), and a quick-connection separation sleeve (13); the magnetic coupling and coaxial guiding mechanism consists of a magnetic coupling and guiding sleeve (21) and a magnetic coupling and guiding groove (22); the integral coaxial guiding mechanism consists of a coaxial guiding sleeve (31), a coaxial guiding groove (32), and a coaxial locking structure. The quick-connection type magnetic transmission apparatus for use in the medical interventional instrument uses a double guiding-locking fit structure, achieves quick connection, and ensures a minimal transmission gap.

An extracorporeal circulation blood pump and a method thereof are provided. A driving motor is driven to operate, and a rotating head rotates, thereby driving a rotator in a pump to rotate, an electromagnet is controlled to produce an axial upward attractive force on the rotator, so that the attraction force is matched with a coupling between driving permanent magnets and driven permanent magnets, and the rotator can rotate without contact in the axial direction. A first radial support permanent magnet and a second radial support permanent magnet are configured to interact with each other to generate a repulsive force, and the rotator can rotate without contact in the radial direction, achieving complete non-contact rotation with a pump housing, so as to enable a complex impeller to rotate without bearing support.

An extracorporeal circulation blood pump and a method thereof are provided. A driving motor is driven to operate, and a rotating head rotates, thereby driving a rotator in a pump to rotate, an electromagnet is controlled to produce an axial upward attractive force on the rotator, so that the attraction force is matched with a coupling between driving permanent magnets and driven permanent magnets, and the rotator can rotate without contact in the axial direction. A first radial support permanent magnet and a second radial support permanent magnet are configured to interact with each other to generate a repulsive force, and the rotator can rotate without contact in the radial direction, achieving complete non-contact rotation with a pump housing, so as to enable a complex impeller to rotate without bearing support.

A signal processing circuit for controlling operation of an implanted ventricular assist device comprising an input module for receiving one or more signals of a patient from one or more sensors. A processor for processing the received signals is included, the processor configured to compare a total blood output on a left side of the patient's heart with a total blood output on a right side of the patient's heart; determine at least one from the group consisting of the presence of fluid imbalance between the left and right sides of the patient's heart and the absence of fluid imbalance between the left and right sides of the patient's heart based on the comparison; and when the presence of fluid imbalance is determined, control the implanted ventricular device to restore fluid balance between the left and right sides of the patient's heart.

A disposable fluid pump is provided with a housing including first and second faces, with a sidewall extending between the first and second faces. The housing defines a chamber, with an inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with the chamber. An impeller is rotatably mounted within the chamber and includes a plurality of flexible vanes. Such a pump may be incorporated into a disposable fluid flow circuit that is adapted to be mounted on a durable hardware for processing a fluid. In such a fluid flow circuit, the fluid pump may be integrated into a cassette of the circuit or, alternatively, the inlet and outlet of the fluid pump may be directly connected to fluid flow conduits of the circuit.

An implantable pump system is provided, suitable for use as a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) system, having an implantable pump, a battery, a controller, and a programmer. The implantable pump includes a flexible membrane coupled to an actuator assembly via a skirt that extends toward the inlet of the pump and curves to guide blood toward the outlet. The actuator assembly is magnetically engageable with electromagnetic coils, so that when the electromagnetic coils are energized, the actuator assembly causes wavelike undulations to propagate along the flexible membrane to propel blood from the inlet, across the skirt, and through the outlet of the implantable pump. The controller may be programmed by a programmer to operate at frequencies and duty cycles that mimic physiologic flow rates and pulsatility while operating in an efficient manner that avoids thrombus formation, hemolysis and/or platelet activation.

An implantable pump system is provided, suitable for use as a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) system, having an implantable pump, a battery, a controller, and a programmer. The implantable pump includes a flexible membrane coupled to an actuator assembly via a skirt that extends toward the inlet of the pump and curves to guide blood toward the outlet. The actuator assembly is magnetically engageable with electromagnetic coils, so that when the electromagnetic coils are energized, the actuator assembly causes wavelike undulations to propagate along the flexible membrane to propel blood from the inlet, across the skirt, and through the outlet of the implantable pump. The controller may be programmed by a programmer to operate at frequencies and duty cycles that mimic physiologic flow rates and pulsatility while operating in an efficient manner that avoids thrombus formation, hemolysis and/or platelet activation.