Title :
A transcutaneous energy transmission system for an artificial organ by using a novel resonant converter
Author :
Inoue, Takeshi ; Nishimura, Toshi Hiro ; Saito, Masao ; Nakaoka, Mutsuo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Control Eng., Oita High Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
A zero voltage switched resonant converter has been designed and built as a transcutaneous energy transmission system to transfer 30 W across a variable air gap of 5-20 mm. The converter could power a total implantable artificial heart through intact skin by utilizing a transformer. In the converter, the large leakage inductances of the transcutaneous transformer have been incorporated in the resonant inductor. The steady-state operation of an experimental transcutaneous power supply has been accurately predicted by the theoretical analysis
Keywords :
artificial organs; cardiology; convertors; prosthetic power supplies; 30 W; implantable artificial heart; leakage inductances; resonant inductor; transcutaneous energy transmission system; transcutaneous power supply; variable air gap; zero voltage switched resonant converter; Artificial biological organs; Artificial heart; Coupling circuits; DC-DC power converters; Frequency; Power supplies; Resonance; Stationary state; Switching converters; Zero voltage switching;
Conference_Titel :
Systems Engineering, 1992., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kobe
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0734-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICSYSE.1992.236849
