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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2016
Politecnico Di Milano, Milan, IT;
Alberto Corigliano, Milan, IT;
Raffaele Ardito, Milan, IT;
Emanuele Bertarelli, Milan, IT;
Marco Ferrera, Milan, IT;
POLITECNICO DI MILANO, Milan, IT;
Abstract
A micropump includes: a pumping chamber, between a first semiconductor substrate and a second semiconductor substrate bonded to each other; an inlet valve, having an inlet shutter element between an inlet passage and the pumping chamber; an outlet valve, having an outlet shutter element between the pumping chamber and an outlet passage; a first recess for housing the inlet shutter element when the inlet valve is in the open configuration, the first recess and the pumping chamber being fluidly coupled; a second recess for housing the outlet shutter element when the outlet valve is in the open configuration, the second recess and the pumping chamber being fluidly decoupled.