A Novel Control Method for Rotary Blood Pumps as Left Ventricular Assist Device Utilizing Aortic Valve State Detection

<div>Flow chart of the control method composed of three main parts: estimation unit, speed control unit, and RBP control unit; <svg height="11.8174pt" id="M5" style="vertical-align:-3.1815pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 15.6351 11.8174" width="15.6351pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M699 368C699 549 574 666 407 666C186 666 23 488 23 277C23 113 129 -3 288 -13L307 -26C431 -111 501 -139 533 -147C559 -154 613 -163 658 -164L666 -141C597 -111 507 -66 430 -11L416 -1C580 42 699 190 699 368ZM601 371C601 227 518 54 381 22L354 40L278 24C175 47 120 145 120 269C120 451 235 631 398 631C540 631 601 521 601 371Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,9.321,3.132)"><path d="M622 479C622 589 545 650 400 650H146L140 618C229 609 230 602 215 527L135 132C117 43 112 41 27 32L18 0H305L313 32C213 40 205 44 222 132L251 284L324 262H365C484 269 622 333 622 479ZM528 477C528 356 420 305 344 305C300 305 276 314 259 321L303 554C311 597 313 600 331 606C345 611 361 614 379 614C463 614 528 580 528 477Z"></path></g></svg>—pump flow per minute, <svg height="11.8174pt" id="M6" style="vertical-align:-3.1815pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 17.0144 11.8174" width="17.0144pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M699 368C699 549 574 666 407 666C186 666 23 488 23 277C23 113 129 -3 288 -13L307 -26C431 -111 501 -139 533 -147C559 -154 613 -163 658 -164L666 -141C597 -111 507 -66 430 -11L416 -1C580 42 699 190 699 368ZM601 371C601 227 518 54 381 22L354 40L278 24C175 47 120 145 120 269C120 451 235 631 398 631C540 631 601 521 601 371Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,9.321,3.132)"><path d="M786 370C786 572 637 650 431 650H137L130 618C217 606 220 603 204 519L129 127C115 48 107 39 26 30L18 0H270C410 0 516 20 609 75C722 140 786 240 786 370ZM683 373C683 178 547 40 323 40C298 40 264 40 241 45C213 51 207 64 220 127L295 545C304 582 309 595 320 601C335 610 367 613 406 613C570 613 683 538 683 373Z"></path></g></svg>—desired pump flow, <svg height="11.3254pt" id="M7" style="vertical-align:-5.364491pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -5.96091 13.3829 11.3254" width="13.3829pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M615 290C615 392 563 448 529 448C511 448 491 441 484 434L483 425C518 400 546 349 546 273C546 158 504 46 417 46C381 46 356 77 356 142C356 184 380 293 392 334L387 340L307 323C305 288 296 228 287 188C265 94 221 52 180 52C144 52 112 89 112 171C112 278 164 372 241 430L226 454C106 394 23 288 23 155C23 40 79 -12 139 -12C184 -12 245 32 285 85C292 31 322 -12 376 -12C423 -12 470 18 501 45C570 104 615 184 615 290Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.969,3.132)"><path d="M169 380V459C122 440 66 423 24 416V392C86 384 90 382 90 317V-135C90 -201 81 -207 17 -213V-240H253V-213C176 -207 169 -201 169 -125V6C182 -1 208 -11 238 -12C368 12 487 109 487 260C487 358 421 449 310 449C298 449 279 444 261 433L169 380ZM169 346C196 367 237 389 269 389C341 389 403 329 403 221C403 109 347 37 263 37C228 37 191 53 169 76V346Z"></path></g></svg>—pump speed, <svg height="11.927pt" id="M8" style="vertical-align:-3.291101pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 18.2226 11.927" width="18.2226pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M405 650H141L135 622C222 616 230 610 215 535L133 116C118 41 113 33 29 28L23 0H289L295 28C209 33 205 40 219 116L298 535C312 609 317 616 399 622L405 650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,4.719,3.132)"><path d="M722 32C646 41 636 48 622 116L544 496L509 667L472 658L153 123C106 45 93 42 27 32L18 0H259L268 32C178 40 172 48 204 107L272 233H509C523 180 533 137 540 96C548 50 546 39 466 32L457 0H714L722 32ZM502 283H299L448 547H450L502 283Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,11.022,3.132)"><path d="M735 650H491L482 618L516 614C568 608 571 595 541 535L299 115H297L196 559C187 600 195 608 238 614L265 618L275 650H26L18 618C79 611 98 605 115 527L234 -9H272C389 197 542 449 591 523C647 608 656 612 726 618L735 650Z"></path></g></svg>—index for detection of partial support (PS), and full support (FS) pumping states.</div>

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Figure 1: A Novel Control Method for Rotary Blood Pumps as Left Ventricular Assist Device Utilizing Aortic Valve State Detection 