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US 2018/0003167 A1Published application
Microfluidic pump apparatus and methods
AssigneeNokia Technologies Oy
InventorJyrki Kimmel
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Abstract
An apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising: a microfluidic channel (3); an electromechanical gel (5) provided within the microfluidic channel (3); at least one pair of electrodes (7) wherein the at least one pair of electrodes (7) are configured to control the electric field across the microfluidic channel (3) to cause the electromechanical gel (5) to deform in response to a voltage applied to the electrodes (7) such that the deformation enables fluid to be pumped through the microfluidic channel (3).
Claims16
1-15. (canceled)
An apparatus comprising:
- a microfluidic channel;
- an electromechanical gel provided within the microfluidic channel;
- at least one pair of electrodes wherein the pair of electrodes is configured to control an electric field across the microfluidic channel;
- wherein the at least one pair of electrodes are configured to control the electric field across the microfluidic channel to cause the electromechanical gel to deform in response to a voltage applied to the electrodes such that the deformation enables fluid to be pumped through the microfluidic channel.
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A method comprising:
- providing a microfluidic channel;
- providing an electromechanical gel provided within the microfluidic channel;
- providing at least one pair of electrodes wherein the pair of electrodes is configured to control an electric field across the microfluidic channel;
- wherein the at least one pair of electrodes are configured to control the electric field across the microfluidic channel to cause the electromechanical gel to deform in response to a voltage applied to the electrodes such that the deformation enables fluid to be pumped through the microfluidic channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.