RONALD LEE PANTON
Pilots at Overlook Dr, Austin, TX
License number
Texas A1444529
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
5901 Overlook Dr, Austin, TX 78731
Professional information
Total Artificial Heart
US Patent:
5300111, Apr 5, 1994
Filed:
Feb 3, 1992
Appl. No.:
7/830051
Inventors:
Ronald L. Panton - Austin TX
William V. Healey - Boerne TX
William V. Healey - Boerne TX
Assignee:
Pyxis, Inc. - San Antonio TX
International Classification:
A61M 110
US Classification:
623 3
Abstract:
A totally implantable artificial heart with two ventricles is disclosed. The blood is pumped alternately from each ventricle using a linear electric motor that moves an armature to push the movable walls of the ventricles. The motor may be made small, and hence light, if it is electrically inefficient. Excess heat is transferred by the convective motion of a heat transfer fluid through special passages in the motor and by effective conduction paths designed into the elements. The motion of the heat transfer fluid is engendered by the movable walls that at the same time are performing the pumping action.