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US 11,110,714 B2Granted
Preloaded storage container and print head to dispense fluid
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsJeffrey A. Nielsen, Michael W. Cumbie, Chien-Hua Chen
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a print head coupled to a substrate to dispense fluid from the substrate in response to a command. A reservoir coupled to the substrate transports the fluid to the print head. A preloaded storage container mounted on the reservoir stores the fluid and provides the fluid to the reservoir in response to pressure applied to the container.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- a print head coupled to a substrate to dispense fluid from the substrate in response to a command;
- a reservoir coupled to the substrate to transport the fluid to the print head;
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- a preloaded storage container mounted on the reservoir to store the fluid and to provide the fluid to the reservoir in response to pressure applied to the container sufficient to burst the container thereby releasing the stored fluid into the reservoir.
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A method, comprising:
- coupling a print head to a substrate to dispense a fluid wherein the print head is discarded after the fluid is dispensed;
- coupling a reservoir to the substrate to receive the fluid for the print head;
- mounting a preloaded storage container on the reservoir to disconnect the fluid from the print head until pressure is applied to the container;
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- forming a set of electrodes on the substrate to detect that the fluid has been transported to the substrate or the print head.
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A system, comprising:
- a print head coupled to a substrate to dispense fluid from the substrate in response to a command;
- a reservoir coupled to the substrate to transport the fluid to the print head;
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- a preloaded storage container mounted on the reservoir to store the fluid and to separate the fluid from the print head until pressure is applied to the container, the fluid stored in the preloaded storage container being a biological or pharmaceutical fluid;
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- a processor having a memory to store machine-executable instructions that cause the processor to issue the command to the print head to dispense the fluid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.