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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
Applicants:
David J. Burke, Concord, MA (US);
Kevin Bourque, Reading, MA (US);
Inventors:
David J. Burke, Concord, MA (US);
Kevin Bourque, Reading, MA (US);
Assignee:
TCI LLC, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/10 (2006.01); A61M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/1086 (2013.01); A61M 1/122 (2014.02); A61M 1/101 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3365 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one general aspect, a method includes measuring blood flow through a right rotary blood pump, measuring blood flow through a left rotary blood pump, and controlling a speed of one of the rotary blood pumps using a controller that calculates the speed of one of the rotary blood pumps based on the measured blood flow through the other rotary blood pump.