The present invention generally pertains to blood pumps, more specifically a blood pump apparatus for feeding blood.
Recently, there have been an increasing number of instances in which a centrifugal blood pump is used as a heart assisting pump for assisting a heart or for extracorporeal blood circulation in a pump-oxygenator. Proposals have been made of a centrifugal blood pump of the type embedded in a living body.
One example of a centrifugal pump involves a system in which a driving torque from an external motor is transmitted by use of magnetic coupling, in view of the fact that physical communication between the exterior and a blood chamber in the pump is totally precluded so that penetration of bacteria and the like can be prevented. Such a centrifugal blood pump includes a housing having a blood inlet port and a blood outlet port, and an impeller which rotates within the housing and which feeds blood by a centrifugal force during rotation. In addition, the impeller is provided with a permanent magnet, and is rotated by a rotation torque generating mechanism which includes a rotor having a magnet for attracting the magnet of the impeller and a motor for rotating the rotor. The impeller is attracted also toward the opposite side to the rotor, and is rotated without contacting with the housing.
In the centrifugal blood pump apparatus of the intracorporeally embedded type described Japanese Patent Laid-open No. 2003-135592, a metallic material is used for making the housing for the purpose of using the apparatus for a long time. On the other hand, the blood pump apparatus described in Japanese Patent Laid-open No. Hei 09-122228 and the blood pump apparatus described in Japanese Patent Laid-open No. Hei 11-244377 use a plastic material to form the housing. The housing in this case is required to have a certain extent of thickness for securing strength of the main body of the pump apparatus, and this structure leads to a concern that the rotating magnetic force applied to the impeller by the impeller rotational torque generation section might be lowered.
The inventor here has discovered that where a magnetic material is provided in the housing on the impeller rotational torque generation section side, the impeller rotating torque generating unit is enabled to attract the impeller and rotate the impeller, without increasing the magnetic force or size of the impeller magnetic material and while providing sufficient thickness of the housing.
According to one aspect, a blood pump apparatus comprises a housing having a blood inlet port and a blood outlet port, a pump unit including an impeller rotatably mounted within the housing and provided with a plurality of magnetic material bodies, the impeller being rotatable within the housing to feed blood, and the magnetic material members rotating together with the impeller, an impeller rotational torque generation section for generating a magnetically attractive force to rotate the impeller, a plurality of magnetic members embedded in the housing between the impeller and the impeller rotational torque generation section for transmitting the magnetically attractive force generated by the impeller rotational torque generation section to the magnetic material members of the impeller, and a non-contact bearing mechanism for rotating the impeller without the impeller contacting an inner surface of the housing when the impeller is rotated by the impeller rotational torque generation section.
According to another aspect, a blood pump apparatus comprises a housing including a blood inlet port through which blood enters the housing and a blood outlet port through which blood exits the housing, a hollow interior in the housing defining a blood chamber in fluid communication with the blood inlet and the blood outlet, an impeller rotatably positioned in the blood chamber to feed blood, a plurality of magnetic material members mounted on the impeller so that the impeller and the plurality of magnetic material members rotate together as a unit within the blood chamber in the housing, a motor stator positioned adjacent the housing for generating a magnetically attractive force to rotate the impeller, and a plurality of spaced apart magnetic members each positioned in a respective recess in the housing situated between the impeller and the motor stator so that the magnetic members transmit the magnetically attractive force generated by the motor stator to the magnetic material members of the impeller. A non-contact bearing mechanism rotates the impeller without the impeller contacting the inner surface of the housing when the impeller is rotated by the motor stator.
A blood pump apparatus according to another aspect includes a housing having a blood inlet port through which blood enters the housing and a blood outlet port through which blood exits the housing, wherein the housing comprises a first housing member and a second housing member configured so that a blood chamber is formed between the first and second housing members, with the blood chamber fluidly communicating with the blood inlet and the blood outlet. An impeller is rotatably positioned in the blood chamber to feed blood, and a plurality of first magnetic material members are integrated with the impeller so that the impeller and the plurality of magnetic material members rotate together as a unit within the blood chamber in the housing. The impeller possesses oppositely facing surfaces each of which faces a respective inner surface of the housing. A motor stator is positioned adjacent the housing to generate a magnetically attractive force to rotate the impeller. A plurality of spaced apart magnetic members each positioned in a respective recess in the second housing member so that the magnetic members are located between the impeller and the impeller rotational torque generation section for transmitting the magnetically attractive force generated by the impeller rotational torque generation section to the magnetic material members of the impeller. A non-contact bearing mechanism rotates the impeller without the impeller contacting the inner surface of the housing when the impeller is rotated by the motor stator. The non-contact bearing mechanism comprises at least one of: i) a plurality of spaced apart grooves provided on at least one of said oppositely facing surfaces of the impeller or at least one of said inner surfaces of the housing; and ii) a second magnetic material member in the impeller, an electromagnet in the first housing member to attract the second magnetic material member, and a position sensor mounted in the first housing member to detect a position of the impeller.
The embodiment of the blood pump apparatus 1 shown in
The blood pump apparatus 1 in the present embodiment includes the housing 2, the pump unit 12 composed of the impeller 8 accommodated in the housing 2, and the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 for rotating the impeller. In addition, in the blood pump apparatus 1 in the present embodiment, the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 is attachable to and detachable from the pump unit 12. With the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 thus attachable to and detachable from the pump unit 12, the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 having no blood contact part during use can be reused, so that only the pump unit 12 which has a blood circulating part is disposable.
The housing 2 includes: a first housing member 3 having the blood inlet port 6 and a recess for accommodating an upper portion of the impeller 8; and a second housing member 4 having the blood outlet port 7 and a recess for accommodating a lower portion of the impeller 8. The housing 2 is formed by combining the first housing member 3 and the second housing member 4 with each other. The interior of the housing 2 is provided with or forms a blood chamber 24 through which the blood inlet port 6 and the blood outlet port 7 communicate with each other. As shown in
The housing 2 includes the plurality of magnetic members 54 embedded between the impeller 8 and the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 for transmitting a magnetically attractive force generated by the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 to the magnetic material bodies 25 of the impeller. Specifically, the plurality of magnetic members 54 are embedded in the second housing member 4 (more specifically, in the bottom wall of the second housing member 4). It is particularly preferable that the magnetic members 54 are so embedded as not to be exposed to the inside of the blood chamber 24, as in the pump apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. As the magnetic member 54, a ferromagnetic material is used. The magnetic member 54 is preferably a soft magnetic material. Examples of the soft magnetic material usable here include flat rolled magnetic steel sheets and strips (silicon steel plates), pure iron, carbon steels containing up to 0.3 wt. % of carbon (for example, low carbon steel designated as 515C in JIS), and ferritic stainless steels (specifically, SUSXM27 in JIS).
The housing 2, specifically the first housing member 3 and the second housing member 4, are formed of synthetic resin or metal. Examples of the material for forming the housing 2 include synthetic resins, particularly, thermoplastic hard synthetic resins such as polycarbonate, acrylic resins [polyacrylates (e.g., polymethyl methacrylate, polymethyl acrylate), polyacrylamide, acrylonitrile-styrene copolymer, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer, etc.], polyolefins (polyethylene, polypropylene, ethylene-propylene copolymer, ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene), and styrene resins [polystyrene, MS resin (methacrylate-styrene copolymer), MBS resin (methacrylate-butylene-styrene copolymer)]. Particularly preferred are polycarbonate, polymethyl acrylate, and ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene. Examples of the metal which can be used here include titanium, titanium alloys, and stainless steels. Particularly preferred are titanium and titanium alloys.
In addition, the first housing member 3 and the second housing member 4 have peripheral parts which make surface contact with each other, as shown in
The impeller 8 is contained in the housing 2. Specifically, as shown in
As shown in
As shown in
In addition, where a certain number of magnetic bodies 25 are embedded as in the present embodiment, magnetic coupling with the plurality of stators 51 which will be described later can be secured sufficiently. Preferred shapes of the magnetic material bodies 25 (permanent magnet) include a circle, a sector and, further, a ring (an integral form in which N poles and S poles are alternately polarized). The impeller members are formed of a highly corrosion-resistant metal (titanium, stainless steel SUS316L, or the like) or synthetic resin. As the synthetic resin here, those which have been described above as material for the housing can be preferably used.
The blood pump apparatus 1 disclosed here includes a non-contact bearing mechanism for rotating the impeller without contacting the inner surface of the housing when the impeller is rotated by the impeller rotational torque generation section 13.
In the pump apparatus 1 disclosed here, the non-contact bearing mechanism is composed of grooves for hydrodynamic bearing 48 provided in the inner surface of the housing 2 on the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 side, in other words in a surface (bottom wall surface) of the recess in the second housing member 4. The impeller is rotated, without contact, under a dynamic pressure bearing effect offered by a dynamic pressure generated between a surface (groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part) 42 in which the grooves for hydrodynamic bearing 48 are formed and the impeller 8, by rotation thereof at a rotating speed of not less than a predetermined value. As shown in
The impeller 8 is attracted toward the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 side at the time of rotation. The presence of the groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part as above-mentioned helps ensure that, by the dynamic pressure bearing effect provided between the groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part 42 of the housing and the bottom surface of the impeller 8 (or between the groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part of the impeller and the housing inner surface), the impeller 8 is separated from the housing inner surface, and is rotated without contact, whereby a blood flow channel is secured between the lower surface of the impeller and the housing inner surface, and blood stagnation between these surfaces and the resultant thrombus formation are prevented from occurring. Further, in a normal condition, the groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part exhibits a stirring action between the lower surface of the impeller and the housing inner surface, so that partial blood stagnation between these surfaces is inhibited or prevented from occurring.
Furthermore, with respect to the grooves for hydrodynamic bearing 48, corner portions are preferably rounded so as to have a radius of curvature R of at least 0.05 mm. This helps ensure better suppression of hemolysis generation.
The groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part may be provided in that surface of the impeller 8 which is on the impeller rotational torque generation section side, not on the housing side. In this case, also, the same configuration as that of the groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part described above is preferably adopted. Specifically, the grooves for hydrodynamic bearing may be provided in that surface of the impeller 8 which is on the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 side (in other words, in the bottom surface of the impeller 8).
The pump apparatus 1 in the present embodiment can be constructed so that the housing inner surface on the opposite side to the impeller rotational torque generating part side (i.e., the surface of the recess in the first housing member 3) may also be provided with a groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part (second groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part) 32 having a plurality of grooves for hydrodynamic bearing (second grooves for hydrodynamic bearing) 33.
The impeller 8 is rotated without contact under the dynamic pressure bearing effect produced between the groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part 42 and the impeller 8 by rotation of the impeller at a rotating speed of not less than a predetermined value. The second grooves for hydrodynamic bearing 33 prevent the impeller from making close contact with the surface of the recess in the first housing member when an external impact is exerted or when the dynamic pressure produced by the groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part 42 is raised excessively. The dynamic pressure generated by the groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part 42 and the dynamic pressure generated by the second groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part 32 may be different from each other.
As shown in
The grooves for hydrodynamic bearing 33 possess corner portions that are preferably rounded so as to have a radius of curvature R of at least 0.05 mm. This helps ensure that generation of hemolysis and thrombus formation can be more suppressed.
The second groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part may be provided in that surface of the impeller 8 which is on the opposite side to the impeller rotational torque generation section side (i.e., the upper surface of the impeller 8 which faces away from the impeller rotational torque generation section), not on the housing side. In this case, the same configuration as that of the second groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part described above is preferably adopted. In addition, the blood pump apparatus 1 disclosed here includes the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 for rotating the impeller. In the blood pump apparatus 1 in the present embodiment, the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 is attachable to and detachable from the pump unit 12.
The impeller rotational torque generation section 13 of the blood pump apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, as shown in
The side surface of the third housing member 5 is provided with a cable port 66. As shown in
In the blood pump apparatus 1 in the present embodiment, as shown in
Further, in the blood pump apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, as shown in
In the pump apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the pump unit 12 and the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 can be attached to and detached from each other, and both of them have a connecting mechanism. In the pump apparatus 1 in the present embodiment, the second housing member of the pump unit 12 is provided at its bottom surface with a first engaging part (a recess) 45, whereas the housing 5 of the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 is provided with a second engaging part (specifically, a projection) 55 which engages the first engaging part (recess) 45. The engagement between the first engaging part (recess) 45 of the pump unit 12 and the second engaging part (projection) 55 of the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 connects the units to each other. In addition, the first engaging part (recess) 45 and the second engaging part (projection) 55 of the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 are preferably provided with a positioning mechanism as shown in
Another version of the blood pump apparatus disclosed here is illustrated in
In the blood pump apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, as shown in
As shown in
In the pump apparatus 10 in the present embodiment, a housing inner surface on the opposite side to the impeller rotational torque generation section side (in other words, the surface of the recess in the first housing member 3) is also provided with a groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part (second groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part) 32 having a plurality of grooves for hydrodynamic bearing (second grooves for hydrodynamic bearing) 33. Therefore, a dynamic pressure produced between the groove for hydrodynamic bearing formed part 32 and the impeller 8, by rotation of the impeller 8 at a rotating speed of not less than a predetermined value, opposes an attraction force between the second magnetic material 29 of the impeller 8 and the permanent magnet 61. This helps ensure that the impeller 8 is prevented from making close contact with the surface of the recess in the first housing member, and the impeller is kept in favorable rotation without contacting the housing inner surface. The permanent magnet 61 and the second magnetic material 29 are not limited to the above-mentioned ring-shaped permanent magnets, but may be ones in which a plurality of permanent magnets and a plurality of second magnetic materials are disposed on the circumferences of circles substantially at regular angular intervals, respectively. In this case, the number of permanent magnets and the number of second magnetic material members is preferably 2 to 8, particularly 3 to 6. In addition, the component for attracting the second magnetic material 29 toward the opposite side to the direction of attraction of the impeller rotational torque generation section may be an electromagnet, instead of a permanent magnet. In the case where an electromagnet is used, a plurality of (three) electromagnets are preferably disposed on the circumference of a circle substantially at regular angular intervals, as in a pump apparatus 20 (see
In the pump apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, it is preferable that the resultant force of an attraction force for the impeller at the time of generation of a magnetic force by the impeller rotational torque generation section 13 (specifically, an attraction force applied to the impeller through the magnetic members 54) and an attraction force for the impeller by the permanent magnet 61 is balanced in the vicinity of the midpoint of a movable range of the impeller 8 in the housing 2.
In the blood pump apparatus 10 in the present embodiment, also, the side surface of the third housing member 5 has a cable port 66. Specifically, as shown in
Another embodiment of the blood pump apparatus disclosed here is illustrated in
In this pump apparatus 20, as shown in
The position sensor 65 detects the interval or dimension of the gap between the electromagnet 63 and the second magnetic material 29, and the detection output is sent to a control unit of a control mechanism for controlling a current or voltage supplied to the coil of the electromagnet 63.
In the pump apparatus 20 according to the present embodiment, the impeller position control unit 14 is attachable to and detachable from the pump unit 12. As shown in
In addition, in the blood pump apparatus 20 according to the present embodiment, the cable port 66 is provided at the side surface of the third housing member 5. As shown in
In all the above-described embodiments, the magnetic members 54 embedded in the housing 2 (the second housing member 4) may be so configured such that their lower surfaces are not exposed and such that they do not make contact with the stator core 53, as in a pump apparatus 30 according to an embodiment shown in
The embodiments of the blood pump apparatus disclosed here are applicable both to intracorporeally embedded type pumps and to extracorporeal circulation type pumps. The blood pump apparatus is particularly effective when applied as an extracorporeal circulation type blood pump apparatus.
The blood pump apparatus disclosed includes the housing with blood inlet and outlet ports, a pump unit with the impeller having the plural magnetic material pieces and rotatable within the housing to feed blood, and the impeller rotational torque generation section that rotates the impeller. The housing is provided with the plurality of magnetic members embedded between the impeller and the impeller rotational torque generation section for transmitting a magnetically attractive force generated by the impeller rotational torque generation section to the magnetic material pieces of the impeller. The non-contact bearing mechanism rotates the impeller without contacting the inner surface of the housing when the impeller is rotated by the impeller rotational torque generation section.
By virtue of the housing being constructed so that the blood chamber and the impeller torque generation are separate from each other, the blood pump apparatus can be manufactured and assembled rather easily, and a reduction in weight can be realized. Due to the presence of the plurality of embedded magnetic members, a magnetically attractive force generated by the impeller rotational torque generation section can be securely transmitted to the magnetic materials of the impeller. Further, the blood pump apparatus includes the non-contact bearing mechanism for rotating the impeller without contacting the inner surface of the housing when the impeller is rotated by the impeller rotational torque generation section. This helps enable the impeller to be rotated in the non-contact state.
As discussed above, the impeller rotational torque generation section includes a motor stator in which a plurality of stators are disposed on the circumference of a circle, with the stators each including a stator core and a stator coil wound around the stator core, and the plurality of magnetic members are so disposed as to be located on the stator cores of the stators, respectively. The magnetic members of the housing and the stator cores can be disposed to make contact with each other. Also, the impeller rotational torque generation section can be attachable to and detachable from the pump unit. The magnetic member is preferably a soft magnetic material.
The blood pump apparatus includes a groove for hydrodynamic bearing provided at the inner surface of the housing on the opposite side to the impeller rotational torque generation section side or at the surface of the impeller on the opposite side to the impeller rotational torque generation section side. The impeller includes a second magnetic material, and the blood pump apparatus includes a permanent magnet or electromagnet, for attracting the second magnetic material of the impeller, in the housing on the opposite side to the impeller rotational torque generation section side.
The non-contact bearing mechanism can be composed of a groove for hydrodynamic bearing provided at the inner surface of the housing on the impeller rotational torque generation section side or at the surface of the impeller on the impeller rotational torque generation section side. The non-contact bearing mechanism can also be composed of a second magnetic material provided in the impeller, an electromagnet which is provided in the housing on the opposite side to the impeller rotational torque generation section side and which attracts the second magnetic material of the impeller, and a position sensor for detecting the position of the impeller. The housing can be made of synthetic resin or metal.
The principles, preferred embodiments and other aspects of the blood pump apparatus disclosed here have been described in the foregoing specification. However, the invention which is intended to be protected is not to be construed as limited to the particular embodiments disclosed. Further, the embodiments described herein are to be regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive. Variations and changes may be made by others, and equivalents employed, without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Accordingly, it is expressly intended that all such variations, changes and equivalents which fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined in the claims, be embraced thereby.
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This application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/975,816, entitled “BLOOD PUMP APPARATUS,” filed on 22 Dec. 2010, which is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/JP2009/061318, filed on 22 Jun. 2009, which claims the benefit of Japanese Application No. 2008-163401, filed on 23 Jun. 2008, the complete disclosures of which are herein incorporated by reference for all intents and purposes.
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