Title :
Design of a blood pump for a wearable artificial kidney device
Author :
Markovic, Miroslav ; Rapin, Michael ; Correvon, Marc ; Perriard, Yves
Author_Institution :
Integrated Actuators Lab. (LAI), EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
The aim of a European project Nephron+ is design of a wearable artificial kidney device (WAKD). This paper is focused on design of the corresponding ultralow-hemolysis continuous-operation blood pump. Accurate specifications and operating principle of the pump are determined; a first, non-optimal configuration of an electro-mechanical actuator which will be used to pump the blood is designed; its prototype is presented along with the corresponding driving electronic circuit; finally, based on the measurements, the actuator is optimized, and the final design and first results are presented.
Keywords :
artificial organs; biomedical electronics; blood; electromechanical actuators; haemodynamics; kidney; pumps; European project; Nephron+; WAKD; blood pump design; electro-mechanical actuator; electronic circuit; non-optimal configuration; ultralow-hemolysis continuous-operation blood pump; wearable artificial kidney device; Actuators; Analytical models; Blood; Electron tubes; Force; Prototypes; Temperature measurement; Actuators; Efficiency; Hemolysis; Medical control systems; Microcontroller; Pumps;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Raleigh, NC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0802-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0801-4
DOI :
10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342308
