Magnetic bearing for heart pumps

• Main Author: Lim, Hao Wei
• Other Authors: Tegoeh Tjahjowidodo
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Prototyping
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136884
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Due to the inherent benefits of a magnetic bearing over the common contact bearings, it was worth studying how the magnetic bearing system could be used in heart pumps which would aim to have as little maintenance as possible. In the second generation of the Ventricular Assist Device (VAD), there ha...