Indirect electrode-based pumps
US5961800A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01L2400/0478
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Provided is an electrode-based pump having source of a pumped fluid, a conduit channel of capillary dimensions connected via a first end to the pumped fluid source and having an outlet at a second end, a piston channel with a first end that intersects the conduit channel, wherein the piston channel allows for periodic inward and outward movement of a piston plug of liquid, two or more electrodes inserted into the piston channel which define an electrode-based pump, wherein the electrode-based pump can be operated to move the piston plug of liquid inward and outward.
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