ARTIFICIAL HEART Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: device has two elastic chambers for blood, pressure members and a drive connected to the device. The blood chambers are made in the form of bulbs provided with inlet and outlet valves. The drive is made in the form of an electric magnet and two permanent magnets which similar poles face each other located on different sides of the electric magnet and rigidly coupled with the aid of braces. The electric magnet is stationary and the permanent magnets are movably mounted along guides disposed in the housing of a pump. The pressure members are made in the form of two plates attached to the permanent magnets and fixed to the bases of bulbs. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency and reliability. 2 dwg