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Pulsatile pump for extra-corporeal circulation
Assignee: Bellco SRL
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Filing: 1990-08-27
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Granted: 1991-09-03
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Expires: 2010-08-27
Abstract
Abstract A pulsatile pump for extracorporeal circulation in cardiosurgery is disclosed, which is constituted by a housing chamber inside which a length of an elastic hose is inserted, which chamber is fitted with two squeeze valves, one of which is for suction (i.e. mitral valve) and the other of which is for delivery (i.e. aortic valve), and with an electropneumatically actuated plate which, in the systolic step partially compresses the hose by carrying out a rototranslational movement of the plate and, in the diastolic step moves away from the hose, with an analogous opposite movement of the plate, allowing the hose to relax. A microprocessor-control system makes it possible for the pump to operate, both in manual mode and in automatic mode, also in syntony with the patient's ECG.
Inventors
- 👤 Roberto Fumero
- 👤 Lucio Perenzan
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 14:28
CPC Classifications
F; F04; F04B; F04B43/00; F04B43/12; F04B43/1223; A; A61; A61M; A61M60/00; A61M60/10; A61M60/104; A61M60/117; A61M60/20; A61M60/247; A61M60/253; A61M60/268; A61M60/40; A61M60/424; A61M60/427; A61M60/435; A61M60/50; A61M60/508; A61M60/515; A61M60/531; A61M60/538; A61M60/80; A61M60/845; A61M60/851; A61M60/853; A61M60/279; A61M60/284; A61M60/855; A61M60/89; A61M60/892
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
107 words
A pulsatile pump for extra-corporeal circulation in cardiosurgery, which comprises: a housing chamber in which a length of an elastic hose is inserted; two squeeze valves positioned in said chamber, one of which is for suction and the other of which is for delivery; an electro-pneumatically actuated plate which includes means in the systolic stroke for partially compressing the hose for carrying out rototranslational movement of said plate and, in the diastolic stroke for moving said plate away from the hose by an analogous opposite movement, so as to allow the hose to relax; and a set of pneumatic cylinders for controlling rototranslational movement of the plate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
107 words
A pulsatile pump for extra-corporeal circulation in cardiosurgery, which comprises: a housing chamber in which a length of an elastic hose is inserted; two squeeze valves positioned in said chamber, one of which is for suction and the other of which is for delivery; an electro-pneumatically actuated plate which includes means in the systolic stroke for partially compressing the hose for carrying out rototranslational movement of said plate and, in the diastolic stroke for moving said plate away from the hose by an analogous opposite movement, so as to allow the hose to relax; and a set of pneumatic cylinders for controlling rototranslational movement of the plate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A pump according to claim 1, wherein the set of cylinders which actuate the pusher comprise four cylinders.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
141 words
A pulsatile pump for extra-corporeal circulation in cardiosurgery, which comprises: a housing chamber in which a length of an elastic hose is inserted; two squeeze valves positioned in said chamber, one of which is for suction and the other of which is for delivery; an electro-pneumatically actuated plate which includes means in the systolic stroke for partially compressing the hose for carrying out rototranslational movement of said plate and, in the diastolic stroke for moving said plate away from the hose by an analogous opposite movement, so as to allow the hose to relax; and, a volumetric compensator coupled with each of the valves wherein said compensator moves in an opposite direction to a direction of movement of the valve coupled thereto, so as to generate an equal and opposite volume change inside the length of hose in a remote position.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
141 words
A pulsatile pump for extra-corporeal circulation in cardiosurgery, which comprises: a housing chamber in which a length of an elastic hose is inserted; two squeeze valves positioned in said chamber, one of which is for suction and the other of which is for delivery; an electro-pneumatically actuated plate which includes means in the systolic stroke for partially compressing the hose for carrying out rototranslational movement of said plate and, in the diastolic stroke for moving said plate away from the hose by an analogous opposite movement, so as to allow the hose to relax; and, a volumetric compensator coupled with each of the valves wherein said compensator moves in an opposite direction to a direction of movement of the valve coupled thereto, so as to generate an equal and opposite volume change inside the length of hose in a remote position.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
107 words
A pulsatile pump for extra-corporeal circulation in cardiosurgery, which comprises: a housing chamber in which a length of an elastic hose is inserted; two squeeze valves positioned in said chamber, one of which is for suction and the other of which is for delivery; an electro-pneumatically actuated plate which includes means, in the systolic stroke partially for compressing the hose for carrying out rototranslational movement of said plate and, in the diastolic stroke for moving said plate away from the hose by an analogous opposite movement, so as to allow the hose to relax; and compressed air generating means for pneumatically actuating the valves and the plate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
107 words
A pulsatile pump for extra-corporeal circulation in cardiosurgery, which comprises: a housing chamber in which a length of an elastic hose is inserted; two squeeze valves positioned in said chamber, one of which is for suction and the other of which is for delivery; an electro-pneumatically actuated plate which includes means, in the systolic stroke partially for compressing the hose for carrying out rototranslational movement of said plate and, in the diastolic stroke for moving said plate away from the hose by an analogous opposite movement, so as to allow the hose to relax; and compressed air generating means for pneumatically actuating the valves and the plate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
33 words
A pump according to claim 4, wherein the compressed air generating means comprises an air energizing tank for actuating the cylinders which is charged in turn with air drawn from a feed line.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
46 words
A pump according to claim 5, which comprises damping chamber means located between the energization tank and the cylinders for actuating the plate and which includes means for supplying air pressure to the cylinders and increasing the supply of air in a gradual and controlled way.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
117 words
A pulsatile pump for extra-corporeal circulation in cardiosurgery, which comprises: a housing chamber in which a length of an elastic hose is inserted; two squeeze valves positioned in said chamber, one of which is for suction and the other of which is for delivery; an electro-pneumatically actuated plate which includes means in the systolic stroke for partially compressing the hose for carrying out rototranslational movement of said plate and, in the diastolic stroke for moving said plate away from the hose by an analogous opposite movement, so as to allow the hose to relax; and at least one cylinder for controlling rototranslational movement of the plates wherein the means for actuating the valves comprise viscous damping chambers.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
117 words
A pulsatile pump for extra-corporeal circulation in cardiosurgery, which comprises: a housing chamber in which a length of an elastic hose is inserted; two squeeze valves positioned in said chamber, one of which is for suction and the other of which is for delivery; an electro-pneumatically actuated plate which includes means in the systolic stroke for partially compressing the hose for carrying out rototranslational movement of said plate and, in the diastolic stroke for moving said plate away from the hose by an analogous opposite movement, so as to allow the hose to relax; and at least one cylinder for controlling rototranslational movement of the plates wherein the means for actuating the valves comprise viscous damping chambers.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
117 words
A pulsatile pump for extra-corporeal circulation in cardiosurgery, which comprises: a housing chamber in which a length of an elastic hose is inserted; two squeeze valves positioned in said chamber, one of which is for suction and the other of which is for delivery; and an electro-pneumatically actuated plate which includes means in the systolic stroke for partially compressing the hose for carrying out rototranslational movement of said plate and, in the diastolic stroke for moving said plate away from the hose by an analogous opposite movement, so as to allow the hose to relax; and at least one cylinder for controlling rototranslational movement of the plate wherein the length of hose is longer than the plate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
117 words
A pulsatile pump for extra-corporeal circulation in cardiosurgery, which comprises: a housing chamber in which a length of an elastic hose is inserted; two squeeze valves positioned in said chamber, one of which is for suction and the other of which is for delivery; and an electro-pneumatically actuated plate which includes means in the systolic stroke for partially compressing the hose for carrying out rototranslational movement of said plate and, in the diastolic stroke for moving said plate away from the hose by an analogous opposite movement, so as to allow the hose to relax; and at least one cylinder for controlling rototranslational movement of the plate wherein the length of hose is longer than the plate.
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