Mesofluidic two stage digital valve

A mesofluidic scale digital valve system comprising:

• a first mesofluidic scale valve comprising:
• a valve body including a bore, wherein the valve body is configured to cooperate with a solenoid disposed substantially adjacent to the valve body to translate a poppet carried within the bore;
• an orifice carried within valve body and configured to cooperate with the poppet in response to a magnetic field generated by the solenoid;
• a bias element carried within the valve body and configured to encourage the poppet to engage the orifice to form a seal;
• a second mesofluidic scale valve comprising:
• a valve body including a bore;
• a solenoid disposed substantially adjacent to the valve body;
• a poppet carried within the bore and configured to translate a fixed distance in response to a magnetic field generated by the solenoid;
• an orifice carried within the valve body and configured to cooperate with the poppet in response to the magnetic field generated by the solenoid;
• a bias element carried within the valve body and configured to encourage the poppet to engage the orifice to form a seal;
• a fluid chamber defined by the cooperation of a rear portion of the poppet and the valve body, the fluid chamber in fluid communication with the orifice of the first mesofluidic scale valve;
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• a control element in communication with the solenoids in each of the first and second mesofluidic valve, wherein the control element is configured to:
• energize the solenoids to generate magnetic fields and translate the poppet the fixed distance away from the seal;
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• maintain the solenoid of at least the first mesofluidic valve in an energized state for a fixed period of time to provide a desired flow rate through the orifice of the second mesofluidic valve.

A mesofluidic scale digital valve system comprising:

• a first mesofluidic scale valve comprising:
• a valve body including a bore, wherein the valve body is configured to cooperate with a solenoid disposed substantially adjacent to the valve body to translate a poppet carried within the bore;
• an orifice carried within valve body and configured to cooperate with the position of the poppet;
• a bias element configured to encourage the poppet to engage the orifice;
• a second mesofluidic scale valve disposed substantially perpendicular to the first mesofluidic scale valve, the second mesofluidic scale valve comprising:
• a valve body including a bore, wherein the valve body is configured to cooperate with a solenoid disposed substantially adjacent to the valve body to translate a poppet carried within the bore;
• an orifice carried within valve body and configured to cooperate with the position of the poppet;
• a bias element configured to encourage the poppet to engage the orifice;
• a fluid chamber defined by the cooperation of a rear portion of the poppet and the valve body, the fluid chamber in fluid communication with the orifice of the first mesofluidic scale valve;
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• a control element in communication with the solenoids in each of the first and second mesofluidic scale valves, wherein the control element is configured to maintain the solenoid of at least the first mesofluidic scale valve in an energized state for a fixed period of time to provide a desired flow rate through the orifice of the second mesofluidic scale valve.