System for driving a pulsatile fluid pump

A pulsatile fluid pump system for driving a fluid pump assembly, the pulsatile fluid pump system comprising:

• a reciprocating linear motor having a magnet and a coil, the magnet moving in relation to the coil, the coil having an electrical input;
• a controller system having an electrical output coupled to the electrical input of the coil and a storage system in which is stored an archetype electrical waveform, the controller system being configured to execute a waveform program defining an electrical waveform at the electrical output;
• wherein the waveform program is configured to accept user-provided values of a set of user-specifiable parameters defining performance of the linear motor and further configured to read the archetype electrical waveform from the storage system and to generate the electrical waveform at the electrical output by modifying the archetype electrical waveform with respect to a feature, selected from the group consisting of amplitude, frequency, shape, and combinations thereof, in response to the user-provided values for such parameters.