Electro-osmotic pump, method of manufacturing electrode, fluid pumping system using the same, and operation method thereof
AssigneeCaremedi Co., Ltd.
InventorsWoonsup Shin, Enhua Zhu, Kyeonghyeon Kim, Junyeong Kang
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Abstract
An electro-osmotic pump according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a membrane that allows fluid movement; and a first electrode and a second electrode respectively provided on both sides of the membrane. The first electrode and the second electrode are formed of an impermeable substrate material and an electrode material coated thereon and have at least one fluid pathway. The impermeable substrate material is a plate-shaped substrate including at least one of a conducting material, a semiconducing material and a non-conducting material.
Claims20
An electro-osmotic pump, comprising:
- a membrane that allows movement of a fluid;
- and
- a first electrode and a second electrode respectively provided on both sides of the membrane,
- wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises a plate-shaped substrate made of an impermeable substrate material, an electrode material coated thereon, and at least one fluid pathway formed through the plate-shaped substrate,
- wherein the impermeable substrate material includes at least one of a conducting material, a semiconducing material, or a non-conducting material, and
- wherein the fluid is moved through the at least one fluid pathway by an electrochemical reaction of the first electrode and the second electrode.
A method of manufacturing a first electrode or a second electrode that constitutes an electro-osmotic pump, the method comprising:
- forming at least one fluid pathway through a plate-shaped substrate made of an impermeable substrate material and coating an electrode material on the plate-shaped substrate to obtain the first electrode or the second electrode;
- or
- coating an electrode material on a plate-shaped substrate made of an impermeable substrate material and forming at least one fluid pathway through the plate-shaped substrate to obtain the first electrode or the second electrode,
- wherein the impermeable substrate material includes at least one of a conducting material, a semiconducing material, or a non-conducting material, and
- wherein a fluid is moved through the at least one fluid pathway of the electro-osmotic pump by an electrochemical reaction of the first electrode and the second electrode.
An electro-osmotic pump, comprising:
- a membrane that allows movement of a fluid;
- and
- a first electrode and a second electrode respectively provided on both sides of the membrane,
- wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode comprises a plate-shaped substrate made of an impermeable substrate material and at least one fluid pathway formed through the substrate,
- wherein the impermeable substrate material includes at least one of silver, zinc, lead, manganese, copper, tin, ruthenium, nickel, gold, titanium, palladium, platinum, cobalt, iron, aluminum, iridium, or combinations thereof, and
- wherein the fluid is moved through the at least one fluid pathway by an electrochemical reaction of the first electrode and the second electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.