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Actuator for heart pump
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Inventors: Isaacson, Milton S.;
Assignee: Nu-Tech Industries, Inc. (Dayton, OH)
Primary Examiner: Duggan; Donovan F.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Wood, Herron & Evans
A heart pumpconsisting of a housing having an inlet and an outlet and a diaphragm adapted to be reciprocated to cause flow of flood through the inlet and the outlet, a brushless dc motor mounted on the housing, the motor having a fixed ball screw nut and a ball screw mounted for axial movement with respect to the motor rotor while being fixed against rotation with respect to the rotor whereby rotation of the rotor causes the screw to move axially with respect to the motor thereby actuating the pump diaphragm. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION Having described my invention, I claim: 1.
In a heart pump having a housing, inlet and outlet passageways in said housing, a diaphragm means for reciprocating said diaphragm comprising: a brushless dc motor mounted on said housing, said motor including a fixed stator and a rotor rotatably mounted in said stator, a ball screw nut fixed to said stator, a ball screw engageable with said diaphragm and threadedly connected by anti-friction balls to said nut, said screw being axially slidable and fixed against rotation with respect to said rotor, and means for periodically reversing said motor to cause said screw to reciprocate.
2.
In a heart pump as in claim 1 further comprising: a rectangular, axially-extending stem fixed to said rotor, said screw having a rectangular bore mating with said stem to permit axial sliding movement while preventing relative rotary movement of said screw with respect to said rotor.
3.
In a heart pump as in claim 1 further comprising: a plate mounted on said diaphragm, across said housing, a pad, a thrust bearing mounting said pad on said plate, said screw being engageable with said pad.
4.
In a heart pump as in claim 1 further comprising: an end sleeve fixed to said stator and surrounding said nut, said end sleeve being removably threaded into said housing.
5.
In a heart pump as in claim 2, said stem projecting through said ball screw nut to stabilize said ball screw as it is thrust axially toward said diaphragm.
Description:
This invention relates to a heart pump, and more particularly, to a left ventricle assist device (LVAD).
In a normally functioning heart, it is the left ventricle which performs the major portion of the blood pumping function in that it pumps the blood throughout the body.
A failing heart which no longer has the muscular capability of performing the function of pumping blood throughout the body may be kept operative through the use of an LVAD wherein that function of pumping blood throughout the body is taken over by a motor-driven pump
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