A novel sealless centrifugal blood pump prototype demonstrated promising hydraulic performance, low hemolysis, and short-term in vivo feasibility, supporting further development for ventricular assist systems.
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Should not yet inform clinical decisions; leaves open longer-term preclinical testing of this sealless pump prototype.
We are developing a permanently implantable ventricular assist system based on a sealless centrifugal blood pump. The impeller of the pump is supported by a passive radial magnetic bearing acting in synergy with hydrodynamic bearings. Torque is transmitted to the impeller by electromagnetic coupling via an integrated axial flux gap motor. Computer modeling has been used extensively to guide the hydraulic and electromagnetic design of the pump. As part of the development effort, a prototype system was built, which consisted of a radial magnetic bearing, an axial air gap motor, and a pivot bearing to constrain the axial motion. The following testing has been completed to validate the design. First, hydraulic tests have demonstrated sufficient hydraulic performance. Second, preliminary in vitro evaluation of hemolysis was low compared to that of a BioPump control. Third, a 6 h in vivo experiment was successfully completed.
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