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US 11,724,098 B2Granted
Stepper motor drive systems and tubing occluder system
AssigneeTerumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation
InventorJames Bradley Atherton
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Abstract
This document describes stepper motor drive systems. The stepper motor drive systems can be used in many different applications including, for example, to drive a stepper motor of an occluder device in association with a heart-lung machine.
Claims20
A tube occluder system comprising:
- a tube clamp device configured to releasably receive a tube;
- a stepper motor having a first winding and a second winding, and arranged to adjust an amount of compression applied to the tube by the tube clamp device;
- and
- a drive system electrically coupled to the stepper motor and comprising:
- a first port configured to electrically connect to a first winding input of the first winding;
- a second port configured to electrically connect to a first winding output of the first winding;
- a third port configured to electrically connect to a second winding input of a second winding;
- a fourth port configured to electrically connect to a second winding output of the second winding;
- a first snubber circuit in electrical communication between the second port and the third port;
- and
- a second snubber circuit in electrical communication between the fourth port and the first port.
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A method of recirculating energy in a stepper motor, the method comprising:
- providing power at a power bus to a first output and to a second output;
- flowing power through a first electrical load electrically connected to the first output;
- switching a first switch to block power flow out of the first electrical load to a low electrical potential bus;
- switching a second switch to permit power from the power bus to flow from the second output, through a second electrical load electrically connected to the second output, to the low electrical potential bus;
- directing, by a first snubber circuit, power flow out of the first electrical load to the second output;
- switching the second switch to block power flow out of the second electrical load to the low electrical potential bus;
- switching the first switch to permit power from the power bus to flow from the first output, though the first electrical load, to the low electrical potential bus;
- and
- directing, by a second snubber circuit, power flow out of the second electrical load to the first output.
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An electrical drive system comprising:
- a first port configured to electrically connect to a first load input of a first electrical load;
- a second port configured to electrically connect to a first load output of the first electrical load;
- a third port configured to electrically connect to a second load input of a second electrical load;
- a fourth port configured to electrically connect to a second load output of the second electrical load;
- a first snubber circuit in electrical communication between the second port and the third port;
- and
- a second snubber circuit in electrical communication between the fourth port and the first port.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.