WO2001066170A1 - Blutpumpe - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a blood pump, in particular a ventricular cardiac assist pump, according to the preamble of claim 1.
- VAD ventricular support systems
- LVAD left ventricle
- BVAD diseased ventricles of the heart
- BESTATIGUNGSKOPIE Specifically, ventricular support systems form an extracardial bypass by pumping blood from the left ventricle into the ascending aorta. As a result, the left ventricle is relieved. If the right ventricle is also insufficient, a pump that bypasses it must be placed accordingly.
- VAD are basically placed in such a way that the native heart remains in situ, in contrast to the so-called artificial heart.
- Ventricular support systems of a known type are principally differentiated in pumps with a pulsatile flow on the one hand and with a continuous flow on the other.
- Pulsatile cardiac support pumps are based on the mode of operation and the rhythm of the native heart and, in an action cycle, generate both a filling and an expulsion phase for blood by means of a blood chamber, which typically consists of an elastic plastic bag, whereby valves ensure a directed blood flow ,
- a blood chamber typically consists of an elastic plastic bag, whereby valves ensure a directed blood flow
- Such systems have proven themselves clinically and enable the support of patients in periods of up to about two years. Nevertheless, pulsatile cardiac support systems also have some disadvantages.
- Such VADs are usually voluminous and difficult to implant without difficulty in the patient's body.
- the efficiency of pulsatile VAD is also very low due to the complicated drive mechanism, and the drive and control system is complex and therefore prone to failure, particularly in long-term implantations. Above all, however, the long contact time of the blood during the filling phase increasingly leads to thrombi, which then creates the risk of central embolisms with neurological failures or the like. cause; under This risk of thrombus formation is supported by the turbulence that arises at the valves with increased shear stress in the blood flow.
- non-pulsatile VADs generate continuous blood flow and require a relatively small blood chamber without elastic lining and heart valves. Accordingly, the size of these support pumps can be significantly reduced, which makes them accessible to a larger group of patients. There is also a significantly reduced risk of thrombosis due to the lack of an elastic membrane within the blood chamber or heart valves. Since the drive system of non-pulsatile VAD is also simple and efficient, conventional, brushless DC motors are used, with an energy consumption that is below 8 watts and therefore low.
- non-pulsatile circulatory support brings other difficulties. Due to the lack of heart valves (which enable directed blood flow), there is a risk of recirculating blood in the event of a pump failure, which must be remedied by additional measures. The delivery rate of a non-pulsatile VAD is also difficult to determine since there is no blood chamber with a defined volume, so that more precise statements about the delivery rate can only be made by exact flow measurements (for example with an implanted flow meter).
- Non-pulsatile blood pumps can be differentiated into centrifugal and axial pumps, the latter currently not playing a major role in practical clinical use, so that in the following only the centrifugal pump as the relevant state of the art (and as a genre for the present invention) is discussed.
- Commercially available centrifugal pumps for cardiac support accelerate the blood at right angles to the direction of the inflowing blood flow and usually have a conical blood chamber in which a (usually magnetically coupled) rotor is rotatably suspended.
- the blood is fed to the tip of the blood chamber through an inflow cannula, evenly distributed over the rotor and accelerated centrifugally, and blood leaves the blood chamber through an outflow cannula in the area of the greatest pressure and greatest speed, the axis of which usually runs at right angles to the rotor axis.
- the blood is usually accelerated by rotor blades provided on the rotor.
- US Pat. No. 5,924,848 discloses a generic blood pump with the preamble features of claim 1, in which case the blood chamber, in contrast to the previously described prior art, is realized as a double cone with two opposing inlets at respective tips of the double cone.
- This technology provides a rotor that can rotate in the blood chamber in the pump housing without bearings and is held in position by hydrodynamic forces.
- problems of storage as well as the resulting thrombus formation etc. are prevented.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to improve a known blood pump, in particular for venticular heart support, in such a way that the practical operating properties are improved compared to known pump solutions, in particular the suitability for various operating and patient conditions is increased and the risk of damaging thrombus formation is reduced can.
- a new pump to be created should be characterized by low wear, high reliability and low energy consumption.
- the rotor axis (rotor shaft) is rotatably supported at the end in mechanically effective bearings, the bearing on the pump housing taking place in the area of the opposite inlets.
- the rotor shaft is fixedly supported in each case in the flowing blood, so that a blood flowing in opposite direction strikes a respective, stored end of the rotor shaft.
- the primarily mechanically effective bearings according to the invention are supported by magnets (permanent or electromagnets), it being possible, for example, to guide the rotor axis in a primarily magnetically effective manner by suitable dimensioning of the mechanical bearing to realize (correspondingly low friction or low wear), but at the same time to allow the mechanical bearing assemblies that still exist to take effect when the rotor is moved from a stationary central position, for example by vibrations or other conditions that are potentially problematic for pure magnetic bearings. so that the mechanically effective storage has a securing effect in this case.
- suitable devices for guiding the flow for example, river straighteners, can simultaneously be used for the reliable and efficient end-side suspension or mounting of the rotor (the rotor shaft) within the scope of the present invention.
- Another preferred development also provides for the flushing of such a bearing by inflowing blood, in that a suitable projection, particularly in the form of a rinsing lip, introduces a part of the inflowing blood into the bearing for flushing purposes.
- the relative geometry between the pump interior and the rotor body in addition to the rotor blades used for the direct centrifugal acceleration.
- the outer surface of the rotor body is designed such that an effective (flow) cross-section for flowing blood between the inlet and outlet decreases towards the outlet; For example, this can be achieved in that a (likewise) double-cone-shaped rotor body has a greater cone increase than the surrounding walls of the blood amber.
- the magnets of the rotor necessary for the drive are not provided on the rotor blades themselves, for example at their tips, but in the rotor body itself.
- Such a measure enables the rotor to be balanced, in particular for high speeds, significantly simplified and the radial bearing load reduced; Any loss of efficiency is in turn compensated for by the constructive measures described above in the low-turbulence-oriented rotor geometry.
- a bar magnet is provided, which can preferably be provided inside the rotor body, adjacent to its outer surface and perpendicular to the axis of rotation and z. B. extends from an outer surface to the opposite outer surface of the rotor body.
- a housing shape is also preferably selected here that is aerodynamically adapted to the blood flowing into the inlets, even for cooling the uses the respective warehouse.
- the particularly preferred plain or roller bearings are each embedded in the heat-conducting bearing housing, which at the same time serves to fix the bearing, its delimitation from the flow area, an optimal, atraumatic flow around the bearing and heat dissipation from the bearing.
- the bearing housing is attached to the pump housing by means of flow guiding devices.
- the bearing housing is designed in such a way that there is little influence on the axial inflow.
- the flow follows the shape of the bearing housing, which tapers to the ends, without forming blood-damaging irregularities or stagnation areas.
- Such a realization with slide or roller bearings within a heat-conducting bearing housing can then, as described above, be fastened to the pump housing by means of suitably designed flow guiding devices, with, more preferably, the
- the rotor axis is sealed against a stationary bearing housing by a seal made of a suitable, preferably wear-free material.
- the seal can take various forms and can be placed in different positions.
- a pointed seal can, for example, rest directly on the cylindrical shaft.
- a more extensive pressing of the seal can take place, for example, by means of a special wave shape or an attachment which is firmly connected to the shaft.
- the housing or seal is preferably dimensioned without negative effects on the blood flow, the intended cooling effect in particular being very effective owing to the high blood speeds.
- Another preferred embodiment of the invention provides for a plurality of pump outlets or outlets, wherein, in particular if these are arranged with their respective openings to the blood chamber radially around their circumference, the rotor is stressed, for example, by flow effects or flow resistances (as opposed to a single opening) can be reduced; These outlets are particularly suitable by means of spiral-shaped housing extensions of a blood pump housing.
- the rotor has a closed rotor body, the outer surfaces of which have a plurality, preferably radially, around one The circumference of the rotor housing arranged rotor blades extends, and wherein electrical and / or magnetic drive elements of the rotor in the interior of the rotor body, preferably adjacent to the outer surfaces of the rotor body, firmly received and designed to cooperate with the electrical and / or magnetic drive elements of the blood pump surrounding the blood chamber are.
- coils as electrical drive elements in such a way that heat generated therein (by electrical resistance) is dissipated as cheaply as possible, preferably by the blood flow. This is done on the one hand by close contact with the blood-side housing wall and thermal insulation by air or a filler on the back of the coil.
- a sheathing made of ferromagnetic material for concentrating the magnetic field can be located between the coil and the thermal insulation. It is further preferred to provide coils with a plurality of windings and to either design them to be separately controllable for the purpose of redundancy, or to make the separate individual windings controllable by means of suitably assigned control electronics for the purpose of power control of the pump.
- the blood pump according to the invention is understood as a regulated system according to a further advantageous further development.
- the means for measuring blood flow, pressure and / or flow of the blood provided according to the further development can preferably cooperate with means for measuring the speed and / or power of the pump, so that, by suitable merging along or on the basis of a pump characteristic curve, an independent one Load adaptation to the respective condition of the patient, as measured by the parameters of the flowing blood, is possible.
- this approach is based on a comprehensive, transcutaneous energy and information transfer system, which also enables communication with external monitoring and control units, for example with the aid of preferably wireless communication means. This allows the patient the greatest possible freedom without losing the necessary medical control.
- further relevant control parameters such as EKG signals, which, according to the further training, are particularly preferably recorded anyway by an existing cardiac pacemaker and for electronic processing are available to take into account and thus to ensure an integrated pump control, which largely depends on current parameters or functional values of the heart to be supported;
- the present invention makes it possible to significantly improve current pumps for non-pulsatile cardiac support, both with regard to operational safety and the potential risk to the patient from thrombus formation, without the need for excessive design effort.
- the present invention is characterized by additional ease of manufacture and unproblematic mechanical tolerance behavior, so that it can be assumed that the present invention can be used to open up additional patient groups and areas of application.
- FIG. 1 a schematic lateral sectional view in the axial direction of the rotor axis of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention (best ode);
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of a longitudinal section through the blood chamber of the embodiment according to FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 shows a sectional view along the section line III-III in FIG. 3;
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic side view of the rotor of the embodiment according to FIG. 1;
- Fig. ⁇ a side view of an inlet-side flow straightener for use with the embodiment according to Fig. 1;
- FIG. 9 shows a sectional view within the section line IX-IX in FIG. 8; 10: shows a schematic view of left and right-hand inlet cannulas for connecting the pump according to FIG. 1 to the common inlet cannula of the ventricle;
- FIG. 11 shows a schematic side sectional view of an alternative embodiment with encapsulated, sealed bearing housings for mounting the rotor axis and
- FIG. 12 shows a schematic sectional view through the rotor body or the pump housing to illustrate an alternative embodiment of the outlet with a plurality of spirally arranged channels with their respective openings to the blood chamber arranged circumferentially around the blood chamber.
- a blood pump shown schematically with a cylindrical pump housing 10 in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention has an axial sectional view i.w. in the pump housing 10.
- octagonal blood chamber 12 which in the manner of a double cone forms a left 14 or right inlet 16 at both ends at pointed ends and, as can be seen in particular in the sectional view of FIG. 3, in the central region (namely the largest diameter of the Double cone) in a circumferential direction iw tangentially extending outlet opens.
- a rotor 20 consisting of a likewise double-conical rotor body and a rotor shaft (rotor axis) 24, which extends through the opposite pointed end sections of the rotor body 22, becomes in the blood chamber 12 stored in the area of the left inlet 14 and the right inlet 16, in such a way that by Inlets 14, 16 incoming blood can flow around the end of the rotor shaft 24 uniformly, impinges on the rotor body 22 and is driven centrifugally outwards by the action of six rotor blades 26 arranged radially distributed around the circumference of the rotor body 22, as well as by one in the direction on the outlet 18 continuously reducing clear or free flow cross-section between the pump housing 10 and the rotor body 22 is accelerated in the outlet direction.
- the rotor 22 is driven by rotor magnets 28, which are arranged inside the rotor body 22 below its surface and interact with drive elements of a pump motor, which — not shown in the figures — are provided opposite the rotor magnets 28 in the pump housing.
- the mechanical design of the blood pump of the embodiment shown enables particularly gentle, atraumatic, yet efficient delivery of blood entering through the inlets 14, 16: as can be seen particularly well in FIG. 1 is, the double-cone-shaped rotor body 22 begins with its respective tapering end sections only a predetermined distance from a respective assigned inlet end; with a typical outer diameter of the pump housing of 35 mm and an exemplary length of approx. 70 mm, this distance is approx. 10 to 12 mm on each side.
- both a flattened portion 30 is formed in the central region of the rotor body 22 and a flattened portion 32 in the peripheral end region of the rotor blades 26, these flattened portions 30, 32 of the axial extent of each in the axial direction Correspond to outlet cross-section; This measure also serves for atraumatic flow optimization in the described embodiment.
- the rotor shaft 24 is rotatably supported at both ends in bearings 34 (only shown schematically in FIG. 1), an axial force exerted on both sides of the rotor 20 due to the symmetrical blood flow through both inlets 14, 16 being identical pressures ideally eliminates inflowing blood, but normally only low pressure differences leads to an extremely low axial load on the bearing pair 34.
- bearings 34 only shown schematically in FIG. 1
- an axial force exerted on both sides of the rotor 20 due to the symmetrical blood flow through both inlets 14, 16 being identical pressures ideally eliminates inflowing blood, but normally only low pressure differences leads to an extremely low axial load on the bearing pair 34.
- the result is an extreme longevity of the bearing arrangement to be described in detail below.
- the arrangement of the magnets 28 in the rotor body 22, which can be seen clearly in FIG. 1, enables simple and exact balancing of the rotor in the radial direction, so that the loads acting on the bearings 34 are also minimized in this direction.
- flow straighteners 36 that can be provided on the inlet side as flow guiding devices, which in the side view of FIG. 6 have a tip 38 tapering in the direction of the inflowing blood flow, at the opposite end form a bearing shell 40 for receiving the rotor shaft 24 and carry three radially extending fins 42 distributed around the circumference of the straightening element 36, which, as can be seen in particular from the view of the inflow direction according to FIG. 7, together with the tip 36 form only a minimal flow resistance for the inflowing blood flow in the circumferential direction the formation of swirls or the like. (especially due to swirl effects at each inlet).
- the front surface of the fins has a tapered course, while in the exemplary embodiment shown the rear surfaces are flush with the central support element of the flow straightener 36.
- the tapered front surfaces are particularly suitable for preventing thrombus formation when the blood flow is directed around the central support element of the flow straightener 36 and with little swirling and the fins, and due to the geometry shown there are only minimal areas with reverse flows and swirling blood behind the flow straightener.
- a Flussbegra- ended introduced into each of the inlets 14, 16, 36, contacted there, the pump housing 12, while providing a means of the bearing shell 40 Symmetry conditionally bit-loaded and thus extremely durable storage for the pump ⁇ wave on.
- bearings formed between the bearing shell 40 and the rounded end of the rotor shaft 24 to be flushed by inflowing blood: as shown in FIGS.
- FIG. 10 shows the connection on the inlet side of the pump housing 10 to the ventricle by means of a left and a right side inlet cannula 48, 50 which, in order to reduce a pressure drop, result in a relatively large radius in the patient's body, and preferably as a rigid one System (alternatively: flexible or a combination of both).
- the influential cannula specifically consists of a large-caliber, singular cannula 47, which is introduced into the left ventricle and has a flow divider (not shown).
- this cannula 47 is divided into the two equal-caliber, equally long inlet cannulas 48, 50, which feed the blood into the pump and blood chamber in the largest possible arc.
- the division of the common cannula 47 should be as pointed as possible in order to achieve a homogeneous division of the blood, so that in turn the pump is subjected to almost the same blood volume and pressures at the left inlet 14 and right inlet 16.
- the pump housing 10 which is only shown schematically in FIG. 1, additionally accommodates the control electronics for the motor, the system then being able to be supplied with energy by an implantable battery (the battery is particularly preferably charged by means of transcutaneous energy transfer).
- Current supply data of the pump can also be read out via this supply port and sent to external processing in order to influence the pump control.
- it is namely provided to control the delivery rate of the pump by means of an electromagnetic flow meter, which is preferably applied to the outflow cannula from the outside; another flow meter measures the blood flow within the pulmonary artery.
- the control unit assigned to the pump determines flow differences and uses them to regulate the pump, so that in particular phenomena of overpumping with suction of the free ventricular wall or septum or pump obstruction can be avoided.
- FIG. 11 shows an alternative embodiment of the end bearings for the rotor axis or rotor shaft 24: embedded in a streamlined bearing housing 60 made of a material that is a good heat conductor, the rotor shaft 24 is placed in suitable sliding or rolling bearings 62 stored.
- a seal (not shown) made of wear-free material is provided, whereby, preferably, a pointed seal can rest directly on the (cylindrical) shaft.
- Appropriate shaping of the bearing housing and seal can ensure that there is no negative influence on the blood flow, rather it is preferably used to effectively cool the bearing housing (and thus the bearing).
- FIG. 11 shows an alternative embodiment of the end bearings for the rotor axis or rotor shaft 24: embedded in a streamlined bearing housing 60 made of a material that is a good heat conductor, the rotor shaft 24 is placed in suitable sliding or rolling bearings 62 stored.
- a seal (not shown) made of wear-free material is provided, whereby, preferably, a pointed seal
- the respective bearing housings 60 are held by a guide device 64, which consists of three vanes which are elongated on the inside and are arranged axially around the axis of rotation.
- this guide device has a curvature (in the axial and / or in the radial direction)
- the inflow of the blood can also be optimized, since there is a pre-rotation for the subsequent rotor body. Due to the good thermal contact with the bearing housing, they continue to serve as additional cooling surfaces for the bearing and thus additionally reduce the local thermal loads on the blood.
- FIG. 12 shows, compared to FIG. 3, an alternative realization of the outlet 18:
- this exemplary embodiment provides a plurality of outlet channels 70, 72, which with their respective openings 74, 76 to the blood chamber around the same Are arranged around the circumference.
- the result of this is that the rotor is not only subjected to a fluidic load at a circumferential point by a flow resistance associated with the outlet, but, as shown in FIG. 12, two or even more openings, preferably distributed around the circumference, are provided.
- the individual outlet channels 70, 72 then flow together suitably downstream.
- the present invention is not limited to the exemplary embodiments described, rather further preferred alternatives and / or further developments are provided which, in practical terms, further promote the atraumatic effects of the pump.
- This includes, for example, the cross-sectional configuration of the rotor blades 26, for which there is a rounded end, in particular in the full radius.
- Another variant of the mechanically effective mounting of the rotor axis (rotor shaft) consists in that the flow control device according to the invention forms a fixed shaft (more precisely: shaft extension) on both sides of the blood chamber in the inflow nozzle, which projects into the blood chamber in each case. A tip of this fixed shaft extension then forms a bearing part for a bearing shell provided on the rotor, which cooperates with the shaft extension.
- the described geometry not only achieves an atraumatic, gentle treatment of incoming blood (and thus a substantial reduction in thrombus formation), the hemodynamic efficiency is also so high that operating speeds of approx. 2000 rpm are significantly lower than the rotational speeds Pump systems can be kept. Longevity and insensitivity to interference are also expressed here.
- the bearing arrangement subject to wear consisting of the rotor shaft and bearing shell, is usually made of hard, abrasion-resistant material - gemstone is suitable for the bearing shell and / or the tip of the rotor shaft, while the shaft itself is typically made of ceramic of course, the use of other suitable materials at the discretion of the relevant specialist.
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