A ferrofluidic seal specially designed for rotary blood pumps

Artificial Organs

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 497-502

  Mitamura, Yoshinori ^a   Fujiyoshi, Masayoshi ^a   Yoshida, Toshiobu ^a   Yozu, Ryohei ^b   Okamoto, Eiji ^a   Tanaka, Takashi ^c   Kawada, Shiaki ^b  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Yasuhisa Biomechanics Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial heart; Axial flow pump; Ferrofluidic seal; Rotary blood pump

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; BLOOD; PUMPS; SEALS; STATORS;

AXIAL FLOW PUMP; FERROFLUIDIC SEAL; KEY TECHNOLOGIES; MOTOR SHAFTS; MOTOR SPEED; PLASTIC MAGNETS; POLEPIECES; ROTARY BLOOD PUMPS; SEALING PRESSURE; SMALL CAVITIES;

ARTIFICIAL HEART;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; BLOOD PUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0030018490     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1996.tb04471.x     Document Type: Article

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