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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
May. 10, 2018
Tc1 Llc, St. Paul, MN (US);
John Freddy Hansen, Pleasanton, CA (US);
TCI LLC, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices for improved cooling of an implantable blood pump are disclosed herein. The implantable blood pump can include: a pump housing defining an internal volume and including a wall defining a blood flow conduit extending through the pump housing; a rotor including a magnet and located within the blood flow conduit; a magnetic core located in the internal volume and extending circumferentially around the blood flow conduit and the rotor, which magnetic core terminates proximate to the wall; a controller located in the internal volume; and a thermal conductor contacting and preferentially thermally connecting the controller and the magnetic core, wherein the thermal conductor is electrically non-conductive.