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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
1999 Phase II
Bearing and Seal-Free Fluid Pump
Advanced Bionics, Inc.
Hopkins, MN
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INNOVATION
Optimized design for a long life bearing and seal-free fluid pump for space thermal control applications
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Operational Demonstration Pump
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Optimized pump design performance and economical production
- Developed drivers for magnetically operated centrifugal pump
- Developed test bed for performance and long term reliability testing
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Working with the Hershey Medical Center of Pennsylvania on a left ventricular assist heart pump under a $2.4 million National Institute of Health grant
- Under contract with the Naval Center for Space Technology to develop pump for cooling electronics in space applications
- Received support form the NASA Glenn Garrett Morgan Commercialization Initiative to investigate pump fluid dynamics
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- Promising technology for future NASA application where long service life is a factor
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