Blood pump systems and methods

FN Franano, IIHM Loree, G Tansley, S Woodard… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
The present invention relates to a rotary blood pump with a double pivot contact bearing
system with an operating range between about 50 mL/min and about 1500 mL/min. The …

Blood pump and method of suction detection

A Medvedev, JB Rainier, MK Sami - US Patent 9,623,161, 2017 - Google Patents
A system and method for detecting and mitigating a suction condition are disclosed. The
method may include estimating a flow waveform of the pump, identifying pulses in the flow …

Rotation drive device and centrifugal pump apparatus employing same

T Ozaki, H Yamada, K Sugiura, T Mori… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
This centrifugal blood pump apparatus includes an impeller (10) provided in a blood
chamber (7), and a plurality of coils (20) provided in a motor chamber (8) for driving the …

Blood pump systems and methods

FN Franano, IIHM Loree, G Tansley, S Woodard… - US Patent …, 2017 - Google Patents
The present disclosure relates to a rotary blood pump with a double pivot contact bearing
system with an operating range between about 50 mL/min and about 1500 mL/min, wherein …

Conduit tips and systems and methods for use

FN Franano, G Tansley, S Woodard, B Hutto… - US Patent …, 2022 - Google Patents
2022-09-22 Assigned to FLOW FORWARD MEDICAL, INC. reassignment FLOW FORWARD
MEDICAL, INC. ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR …

Heart beat identification and pump speed synchronization

A Medvedev, S Yu, R You - US Patent 10,052,420, 2018 - Google Patents
A method for synchronizing operation of a heart assist pump device to a patient's cardiac
cycle includes obtaining a signal from a motor of a heart assist pump device and filtering the …

Determination of cardiac parameters for modulation of blood pump support

C Moyer, SC Corbett, A El Katerji, D Weber - US Patent 10,765,791, 2020 - Google Patents
The systems, devices, and methods presented herein use a blood pump to obtain
measurements of cardiac function. The system can quantify the functioning of the native …

Startup sequence for centrifugal pump with levitated impeller

M Yanai, JH Campau, RJ Corvese… - US Patent 9,556,873, 2017 - Google Patents
A centrifugal pump system having an impeller rotating with first and second magnetic
structures on opposite surfaces. A levitation magnetic structure is disposed at a first end of a …

Alternating pump gaps

M Yanai, S Yu, T Zhang - US Patent 10,371,152, 2019 - Google Patents
A blood pump system includes a pump housing and an impeller for rotating in a pump
chamber within the housing. The impeller has a first side and a second side opposite the first …

System and method for controlling the position of a levitated rotor

S Yu, A Medvedev, R You - US Patent 10,166,318, 2019 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A rotary machine is provided which may include a rotor and a stator within
a housing. The stator may be for generating a rotating magnetic field for applying a torque to …