Congestive heart failure is a pathology of global incidence that affects more than 20 millions of people worldwide. It is largely categorized and consists of a progressive clinical state when the heart weakens and fails to pump blood at physiological rates commensurate with the requirements of tissues. Thus, two main alternatives for treatment are cardiac transplant and therapies associated with ventricular assist devices (VADs). 1,2 The implantable centrifugal blood pump (ICBP) is a VAD for long-term assistance initially designed for bridge to transplant (BTT) in conjunction with several research institutions. 3,4 Actuators are important for the performance of blood pumps and are intrinsically connected to the operation of the equipment. Several topologies have been proposed over the years in area of artificial organs and VADs. 5-14 This article presents a design strategy for development of a customized electromagnetic actuator for ICBP elaborated

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