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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2019
Method and apparatus for calibration and use in estimating blood flow in an intravascular blood pump
Abiomed Europe Gmbh, Aachen, DE;
Abiomed Europe Gmbh, Aachen, DE;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for use in estimating blood flow in an intravascular blood pump comprise retrieving reference data from a set of reference data obtained in a test environment. The set of reference data comprises, for at least one motor speed at different pump loads, including a first pump load, both a reference motor current (I) of a motor driving the blood pump and an amount of fluid flow through the blood pump. After placement of the blood pump in the patient, a patient-specific motor current for said motor speed at said first pump load is measured, and a motor current deviation value (ΔI) is calculated from the reference motor current (I) at said first pump load and patient-specific motor current. Finally, the motor current deviation value ΔI is used for estimating a patient-specific blood flow amount through the blood pump.