New linear motor concepts for artificial hearts

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 678-681

  Finocchiaro, Thomas ^a   Butschen, Thomas ^a   Kwant, Paul ^a   Steinseifer, Ulrich ^a   Schmitz Rode, Thomas ^a   Hameyer, Kay ^a   Leßmann, Marc ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flux concentration; Halbach array; Linear motor; Total artificial heart

Indexed keywords

FLUX CONCENTRATION; HALBACH ARRAY; TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEART;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

LINEAR MOTORS;

EID: 44049088386     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.916110     Document Type: Article

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