vtioВестник трансплантологии и искусственных органовRussian Journal of Transplantology and Artificial Organs1995-1191Academician V.I.Shumakov National Medical Research Center of Transplantology and Artificial Organs", Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation10.15825/1995-1191-2018-1-138-143vtio-865Research ArticleОбзор литературыLiterature ReviewsПРОБЛЕМЫ ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ И ПУТИ ОПТИМИЗАЦИИ НЕПУЛЬСИРУЮЩИХ (РОТОРНЫХ) НАСОСОВ МЕХАНИЧЕСКОЙ ПОДДЕРЖКИ КРОВООБРАЩЕНИЯTHE PROBLEMS AND THE OPTIMIZATION OF NON-PULSATING PUMPS OF THE ASSISTED BLOOD CIRCULATIONИткинИ. П.ItkinG. P.

Иткин Георгий Пинкусович, кафедра физики живых систем

123182, Москва, ул. Щукинская, д. 1

Itkin Georgiy Pinkusovich, Department of physics of living systems

1, Shchukinskaya st., Moscow, 123182

georgeitkin@mail.ruГотьеС. В.GautierS. V.

Кафедра трансплантологии и искусственных органов

Москва

ФГБУ «Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр трансплантологии и искусственных органов имени академика В.И. Шумакова»; Московский физико-технический институт (Государственный университет)РоссияV.I. Shumakov National Medical Research Center of Transplantology and Artifi cial Organs of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation; Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University)Russian FederationФГБУ «Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр трансплантологии и искусственных органов имени академика В.И. Шумакова»; ФГАОУ ВО «Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет имени И.М. Сеченова» Минздрава России (Сеченовский университет)РоссияV.I. Shumakov National Medical Research Center of Transplantology and Artifi cial Organs of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation (Sechenovsky University)Russian Federation201824042018201138143Copyright © Иткин И.П., Готье С.В., 20182018Иткин И.П., Готье С.В.Itkin G.P., Gautier S.V.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://journal.transpl.ru/vtio/article/view/865

Метод механической поддержки кровообращения с использованием насосов непульсирующего потока, построенных на принципе роторных (центробежных и осевых) насосов, занял ведущее направление (94%) в мировой клинической практике для лечения больных с терминальной сердечной недостаточностью. Несмотря на это, клиника применения данных насосов в ряде случаев столкнулась с проблемами, связанными с данной технологией. Все это стимулировало развитие нового направления по разработке новых принципов управления роторными насосами, основанных на модуляции скорости оборотов насосов. В статье проведен анализ негативных факторов клинического применения насосов непульсирующего потока и обзор методов оптимизации управления насосами, основанных на модуляции скорости выходного потока.

The method of mechanical circulation support using non-pulsating fl ow pumps, built on the principle of rotary (centrifugal and axial) pumps, took the leading direction (94%) in the world clinical practice for the treatment of the patients with terminal heart failure. Despite this, the clinic application of these pumps in a number of cases faced with the numbers of negative problems associated with this technology. This is stimulated of a new direction of principles for a control of the rotary pumps, based on the modulation of the speed pumps. The article analyzes the negative factors of the clinical application of non-pulsating fl ow pumps and gives an overview of the methods the optimization of the control pump based on the modulation of the output fl ow.

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