Motor driven sealless blood pump

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5399074
SERIAL NO

07940520

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A centrifugal blood pump, used for heart-lung machines or the like, comprises an impeller, a casing having a suction inlet and a delivery outlet and being equipped with a space for rotatably accommodating the impeller, and a magnetic drive means disposed outside the casing. The impeller is of a rotationally symmetric shape and has a rotary vane section and a cylindrical section equipped with a magnet means. The magnet drive means for generating a rotating magnetic field coaxially encloses the magnet means of the above-mentioned cylindrical section and rotates the impeller in cooperation with the magnet means. At least the end section of the impeller's rotation center on the rotary vane section side is supported preferably by a pivot bearing. The pivot and the bearing thereof are preferably made of ceramics.

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KYOCERA CORPORATIONKYOTO-SHI KYOTO 612-8501

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Nose, Yukihiko Houston, TX 21 1709
Sakuma, Ichiro Tsurugashima, JP 25 668
Takatani, Setsuo Houston, TX 14 1048

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