Article: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology details research in blood pumps.

Current study results from the report, 'Improvement of hemocompatibility in centrifugal blood pump with hydrodynamic bearings and semi-open impeller: in vitro evaluation,' have been published. "We have developed a noncontact-type centrifugal blood pump with hydrodynamic bearings and a semi-open impeller for mechanical circulatory assist. The impeller is levitated by an original spiral-groove thrust bearing and a herringbone-groove journal bearing, without any additional displacement-sensing module or additional complex control circuits," scientists in Tsukuba, Japan report (see also Blood Pumps).

"The pump was improved by optimizing the groove direction of the ...

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