IP Library Granted Patent US 9,764,072
Granted Patent B2
US 9,764,072 · App. 15/030,522 · Granted Sep 19, 2017

Method for operating a pump device and a pump device

Inventors: Constantin Wiesener (Potsdam, DE); Dominik Karch (Berlin, DE)
Assignee: Berlin Heart GmbH
A61M1/1086A61M1/10A61M1/1029A61M1/1096A61M1/122A61M1/0023A61M2230/005A61M2230/63
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Patent No.
US 9,764,072
App. No.
15/030,522
Granted
Sep 19, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method may be provided for the operation of a pump device, which comprises at least one pump as well as a suction element which is connected to the at least one pump and which has a suction opening positioned in a cavity of a body of a patient that sucks a fluid by way of producing a reduced pressure in the suction element, wherein an acceleration is measured and monitored during the operation of the pump device, wherein the reduced pressure in the suction element is reduced at least for a limited reaction time period, given the occurrence of an acceleration variable which lies above a fixed threshold valve. A correspondingly configured pump device may be provided.

Claims (18)

1. A method for the operation of a pump device, the pump device comprising a pump and a suction element, said suction element being connected to the pump and having a suction opening, the method comprising:

sucking a fluid with the pump thereby producing a reduced pressure in the suction element, in a cavity;

measuring and monitoring an acceleration during the operation of the pump device; and

reducing the reduced pressure in the suction element at least for a limited reaction time period based on an occurrence of a spiked, abrupt acceleration variable or a variable derived from the spiked, abrupt acceleration variable, which lies above a fixed threshold value.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising reducing a pump power of the pump for a limited reaction time period.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the pump is a rotation pump, the method further comprising reducing a speed of the rotation pump for the limited reaction time period.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising closing, at least partly, a valve in the suction element at least for a limited reaction time period.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising reducing at least one of a suction pressure of the suction element, a pump power of the pump, or a closure of a valve in the suction element more rapidly at the beginning of the reaction time period than an increase of at least one of a suction pressure of the suction element, a pump power of the pump, or an opening of a valve of the suction element towards the end of the reaction time period.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising a maximum of a spiked acceleration or a jolt in the form of a temporal derivative of the acceleration, or a rotation rate serve as acceleration variables which are monitored with regard to exceeding a threshold.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a temporal integral of the acceleration in a fixed time interval serves as the monitored acceleration variable, which is monitored with regard to exceeding a threshold.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cavity is in a patient body, and an acceleration of a part of the patient body is measured in one or more directions.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cavity is in a patient body, and an acceleration of the pump or an activation unit of the pump in or on the patient body is measured in one or more directions.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cavity is in a body of a patient.

11. A pump device comprising:

a pump; and

a suction element which is connected to the pump and has a suction opening, wherein the pump is configured to suck a fluid by production of a reduced pressure in the suction element that is in a cavity and

an acceleration measurement device comprising an acceleration sensor, a first processing device, a second processing device, and a control device which is connected to the first processing device and is configured to control the reduced pressure in the suction element based on a first set of signals of the first processing device, wherein the second processing device is configured to reduce the reduced pressure in the suction element in each case for a limited reaction time period, based on a second set of signals of the first processing device.

12. The pump device of claim 11 , wherein the cavity is in a body of a patient.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2016
From: WIESENER, CONSTANTIN; KARCH, DOMINIK
To: BERLIN HEART GMBH
Reel/Frame 038567/0840 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 13189738 · Oct 22, 2013 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160263300A1 · Sep 15, 2016