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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2011
Applicant:
Daniel G. White, Folsom, CA (US);
Inventor:
Daniel G. White, Folsom, CA (US);
Assignee:
HeartWare, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04B 17/03 (2006.01); F04D 29/041 (2006.01); F04D 29/18 (2006.01); A61M 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/0413 (2013.01); F04D 29/181 (2013.01); A61M 1/101 (2013.01); A61M 1/1017 (2014.02); Y10S 415/90 (2013.01);
Abstract
An axial flow pump for a blood circulating pump for the circulation of blood, the rotor the rotor being constructed and arranged to impel blood in a downstream direction upon rotation of the rotor about its axis in a forward circumferential direction. The rotor is provided with hydrodynamic thrust bearing surfaces, each such thrust bearing surface being constructed and arranged to apply a hydrodynamic force to the rotor with a component of the force in the downstream direction upon rotation of the rotor in the forward circumferential direction.