Low cost ventricular device and system thereof

摘要

A blood pump device comprising: a centrifugal blood pump having: a pump housing defining an inlet to receive blood and direct blood onto an impeller, the pump housing having a top bezel and a central column directed into the middle of a cavity within the pump housing; the impeller is adapted, in use, to rotate in the cavity around the central column and to be suspended on a pivot bearing mounted between the middle of the lower surface of the impeller and the middle of the upper surface of the central column; the impeller is stabilised, in use, by the rotation of blades generating a centrifugal force acting on the blades in radial direction away from the central column.