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Recent Progress in Developing Durable and Permanent Impeller Pump

Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, 212013, Chinaswyx{at}jsust.ed.cn

P. Zeng

W. M. Ru

H. Y. Yuan

Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, 212013, China

Since 1980s, the author’s impeller pump has successively achieved the device implantability, blood compatibility and flow pulsatility. In order to realize a performance durability, the author has concentrated in past years on solving the bearing problems of the impeller pump. Recent progress has been obtained in developing durable and permanent impeller blood pumps. At first, a durable impeller pump withrolling bearing and purge system has been developed, in which the wear-less rollers made of super-high-molecular weight polythene make the pump to work for years without mechanical wear; and the purge system enables the bearing to work in saline and heparin, and no thrombus therefore could be formed. Secondly, a durable centrifugal pump withrolling bearing and axially reciprocating impeller has been developed, the axial reciprocation of rotating impeller makes the fresh blood inand out of the bearing and to wash the rollers once a circle; in suchway, no thrombus could be formed and no fluid infusion is necessary, which may bring inconvenience and discomfort to the receptors. Finally, a permanent maglev impeller pump has been developed, its rotor is suspended and floating in the blood under the action of permanent magnetic force and nonmagnetic forces, without need for position measurement and feed-back control. In conclusion, an implantable, pulsatile, and blood compatible impeller pump withdurability may have more extensive applications than ever before and could replace the donor heart for transplantation in the future.

Key Words: durability of rotary pump • rolling bearing • purge system • permanent maglev of impeller

Journal of Biomaterials Applications, Vol. 16, No. 4, 245-258 (2002)
DOI: 10.1106/088532802022917


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