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Title: Mechanical drive for blood pump

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7368420

This patent relates to a highly efficient blood pump to be used as a replacement for a ventricle of the human heart to restore people disabled by heart disease. The mechanical drive of the present invention is designed to operate in conjunction with a thermoelectric converter power source. The mechanical drive system essentially converts the output of a rotary power into pulsatile motion so that the power demand from the thermoelectric converter remains essentially constant while the blood pump output is pulsed. (auth)

Assignee:
U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration
Patent Number(s):
US 3896501
OSTI ID:
7368420
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 2 Nov 1973; Other Information: PAT-APPL-412,397
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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