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Levitating Rotor Blood Pump Overview by Alessio Di Bella is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document discusses the history and development of levitating rotor blood pumps. It describes early heart-lung machines and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation systems. It then covers the motivation and design of a new centrifugal blood pump concept that uses magnetic levitation to suspend the rotor without mechanical bearings in order to reduce blood damage and infection risks.

Author
Alessio Di Bella
Language
EN