Eccentric inlet port of the pivot bearing supported gyro centrifugal pump

Artificial Organs

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 312-317

  Takami, Yoshiyuki ^a   Andrade, Aron ^a   Nakazawa, Tadashi ^a   Makinouchi, Kenzo ^a   Glueck, Julie ^a   Benkowski, Robert ^a   Nosé, Yukihiko ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eccentric inlet port; Flow visualization; Gyro centrifugal pump; Hemolysis

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VELOCITY; FLOW VISUALIZATION; HOUSING; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW;

ECCENTRIC INLET PORT; FLOW VISUALISATION; GYRO CENTRIFUGAL PUMP; HAEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYSIS TEST; IN-VITRO; INLET PORTS; PIVOT BEARINGS; UNIQUE FEATURES; VORTEX FORMATION;

GYROSCOPES;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PUMP; HEMOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030892528     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1997.tb00367.x     Document Type: Article

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