Blood and the design
Section through the pump with the four risk zones A levitated rotor disc with left vanes above and right vanes below, inside a housing. Four zones are shaded by risk: the tip clearance, the volute corner, the recirculation loop and the vane inlet. Click a zone to inspect it. left atrium in pulmonary artery out aorta out right atrium in 1 tip clearance 2 volute corner 3 recirculation 4 vane inlet rotor, levitated: motor and bearings not drawn