Dynamic HQ for closed loop control

    公开(公告)号:US11376419B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-05

    申请号:US17017873

    申请日:2020-09-11

    申请人: HeartWare, Inc.

    摘要: A method of controlling a blood pump having a predefined hydraulic performance including at least from the group consisting of estimating and measuring an instantaneous flow rate during operation of the blood pump at a predetermined rotational speed of an impeller of the blood pump, the instantaneous flow rate including a plurality of flow rate data points. The plurality of flow rate data points define a trajectory around at least one from the group consisting of an operational point of a predefined pressure-flow curve associated with the predetermined rotational speed of the impeller of the blood pump and a target operational point of a target pressure-flow curve different than the predefined pressure-flow curve. The predetermined rotational speed of the impeller is adjusted until the plurality of flow rate data points define a predetermined trajectory around at least one of the operational point and the target operational point.

    HEART RATE MEASUREMENT USING BLOOD PUMP IMPELLER LOCATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220203083A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17654724

    申请日:2022-03-14

    申请人: HeartWare, Inc.

    摘要: A method of determining a heart rate of a patient having an implanted blood pump including applying a voltage to a plurality of coils of a stator of the blood pump to produce an electromagnetic force to rotate a rotor in communication with the plurality of coils; displaying a waveform associated with a back electromotive force in the plurality of coils of the blood pump, the waveform being proportional to an axial position of the rotor relative to the stator; determining a time interval between a first alteration in the waveform relative to a baseline and a second alteration in the waveform relative to the baseline; and determining the heart rate of the patient based on the time interval.

    Magnetically suspended blood driving piston circulatory assist device

    公开(公告)号:US11273300B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-15

    申请号:US16143984

    申请日:2018-09-27

    申请人: HeartWare, Inc.

    发明人: David A. Schafir

    摘要: A pulsatile blood pump including a chamber having an upstream portion, a downstream portion, and a wall coupling the upstream portion to the downstream portion, the upstream portion defining an inlet sized to fit within a ventricle of a heart, the downstream portion defining an outlet, and the wall defining a bore; a piston disposed within the bore of the wall, the piston including a first side in continuous fluid communication with the ventricle of the heart when the inlet is within the ventricle of the heart and defining a travel path within the bore including an upstream direction toward the inlet and a downstream direction toward the outlet; and a valve coupled to the piston and defining a one-way fluid flow path within the chamber through the first side of the piston in the downstream direction.

    DRY DISCONNECT/BUBBLE FREE COUPLING FOR BLOOD TRANSFER

    公开(公告)号:US20220062617A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17500032

    申请日:2021-10-13

    申请人: HeartWare, Inc.

    摘要: A dry disconnect device including a first portion defining an outlet and an outlet portion of a fluid pathway and a female valve disposed within the first portion having an extended position, including the female valve being configured to seal the outlet portion, and a retracted position. A second portion defining an inlet and an inlet portion of the fluid pathway is lockingly engageable with the first portion. A male valve is disposed within the second portion including a male valve transition member configured to translate the male valve from an extended position to a retracted position including the male valve being configured to seal the inlet portion. The extended position of the male valve causes the female valve to transition from the extended position to the retracted position and causes the outlet portion and the inlet portion of the fluid pathway to be in fluid communication with each other.

    Heart rate determination based on VAD current waveform

    公开(公告)号:US11154701B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US16534615

    申请日:2019-08-07

    申请人: HeartWare, Inc.

    摘要: The present disclosure provides for methods and systems for determining heart rate of a patient. Based on motor current signals of a ventricular assist device (VAD), each of first, second and third events in the measured current signal may be detected, the first event being indicative of a rise or fall in the current signal, the second event being indicative of a rise or fall in the current signal in the opposite direction as the first event, and the third event being indicative of a rise or fall in the current signal in the same direction as the first event. A timer counter may be initiated upon detection of the first event, and an elapsed time may be measured upon detection of the third event. Heart rate may be determined based on the elapsed time of the timer counter.

    PUMP HOMEOSTASIS INDICATOR (PHI)
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210052219A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-25

    申请号:US17089924

    申请日:2020-11-05

    申请人: HeartWare, Inc.

    摘要: A method determining adverse events from operation of an implantable blood pump including calculating a moving average convergence divergence (MACD) based on power consumed by the implantable blood pump to maintain a constant rotational speed of an impeller of the implantable blood pump. An alert is generated when the calculated MACD diverges from a predetermined MACD threshold and a predetermined MACD zero-crossing time threshold.