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A pump for transferring fragile and aggressive fluids such as human blood and comprising a pumping chamber along with a fluid inlet port disposed on the chamber, and one or more outlet ports arranged transversely and medially of the inlet ports. A shrouded rotor is positioned within the pumping cham

A pump for transferring fragile and aggressive fluids such as human blood and comprising a pumping chamber along with a fluid inlet port disposed on the chamber, and one or more outlet ports arranged transversely and medially of the inlet ports. A shrouded rotor is positioned within the pumping chamber having a core of dual-conical configuration converging toward opposed polar end regions and with an axis of rotation extending between the polar regions. The shrouded rotor includes magnets which are arranged at radially spaced locations and with a magnetic drive positioned to deliver rotational driving energy to the rotor. The sole support for the rotor are the hydrodynamic forces acting upon the rotor during its operation, with the rotor body having a relative density of between 10% and 90% of the relative density of the fluid being pumped.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A pump for transferring fluids and comprising a pumping chamber with an inner periphery, an outer periphery and a central axis, primary and secondary fluid inlet ports arranged in oppositely disposed relationship on said chamber and coaxially with said pumping chamber, an

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A pump for transferring fluids and comprising a pumping chamber with an inner periphery, an outer periphery and a central axis, primary and secondary fluid inlet ports arranged in oppositely disposed relationship on said chamber and coaxially with said pumping chamber, an outlet port means arranged transversely and generally medially of said primary and secondary inlet ports, a rotor disposed within said pumping chamber and having a core with a dual conical configuration converging toward opposed polar regions and having an axis of rotation extending between said polar regions and arranged coaxially with the axis of said pumping chamber during operational rotation of said rotor, magnetic driven means arranged on said rotor at radially spaced locations generally from said axis of rotation, electromagnetic drive means coupled to a source of energy and arranged to deliver rotational driving energy to said rotor through said magnetic driven means; said rotor comprising:(a) a core with at least one shroud coupled to the outer surface of said core having a semi-conical configuration with a core axial length and with the core axial length defining the axial length of said pumping chamber, and with said pumping chamber being disposed between said primary and secondary inlet ports; and with the diameter of said core and shroud transverse to said axis of rotation defining a medial plane and being selected to provide a clearance between the outer surface of said shroud and the inner surface of said pumping chamber and with the magnitude of the clearance between the said inner surface of said pumping chamber and the outer periphery of said shroud from said primary and secondary inlet ports to said outlet port being approximately constant.