Patent ID: 11918798
Assignee: SYNCARDIA SYSTEMS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 8:
9. The system of claim 8, wherein said at least one electric motor is characterized by one or more of the following features:
(11A) the at least one electric motor comprises a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor;
(11B) the at least one electric motor comprises at least one Hall sensor;
(11C) the plurality of winding groups comprises at least six (6) winding groups;
(11D) wherein each winding group of the plurality of winding groups comprises one or more longitudinally aligned conductive coil wires;
(11E) the inner stator housing comprises a hexagonal housing; and
the outer stator housing comprises a cylindrical housing;

(11F) the at least one rotor comprises at least one permanent magnet;
(11G) wherein, when the at least one rotor comprises at least one permanent magnet, the at least one permanent magnet comprises at least one of neodymium iron boron (Nd—Fe—B), iron, cobalt, samarium cobalt (Sm—Co), aluminum, alnico, one or more rare earth elements, bonded Nd—Fe—B, magnetite, ceramic (hard ferrite), ferrite, gadolinium, strontium, barium, and iron (III) oxide.