Fluid pump with improved magnetically levitated impeller
CA 2129229 C · Owner: Kletschka, Harold D. · Inventors: Kletschka, Harold D.
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A fluid pump with a rotary impeller is disclosed which comprises an electromagnetically-driven, bearing-free seal-free rotary impeller, (16) levitated by localized opposed magnetic forces and by fluid forces, or by localized opposed magnetic forces only. Levitation by localized opposed magnetic forces alone or by a combination of magnetic and fluid forces of an impeller driven by electromagnetic forces eliminates the need for bearings and seals in the driving mechanism. This avoids the heat build-up and leakage associated with other pumping mechanisms, which can be of importance in pumping of physiological fluids such as blood. The levitating forces of the present invention are applied …
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- Filed December 13, 1993 and granted June 6, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 13, 2013.
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