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Bearingless Disposable Centrifugal Blood Pump

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: N/A
Contract: 1 R43 HL55037-01,
Agency Tracking Number: 29559
Amount: $723,133.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1997
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
24 Cherry Hill Drive
Danvers, MA 01923
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Robert Hart
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Business Contact
Phone: () -
Research Institution
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Abstract

A bearingless disposable centrifugal blood pump will be developed in this project, together with ainexpensive driver and controller. The rotor of the pump will be suspended by a combination of magnethat it is washed on all surfaces by moving blood. The elimination of bearings and shaft seals removheating and blood stagnation, making such a pump safer and more reliable for short to medium term uspost-cardiotomy support and bridge to transplantation. The drive and suspension mechanism, consistinmagnets and copper windings, is simple and inexpensive to manufacture. The driving coils will be ablpumps, and have no moving parts, an improvement over those currently available. The Phase I programdrive mechanism and positional stability of the bearingless disposable pump. Its goal will be to demsuspension of the pump rotor, synergistically using hydrodynamic, permanent magnet, and feedback conelectromagnetic forces. The results of the Phase I studies will be used in Phase II to build and tesprototypes of the pump, and to investigate options for manufacturing it in larger quantities.

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