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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1995
Peter John Zanzucchi, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Charlotte Anna Burton, Brick, NJ (US);
Sterling Edward McBride, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Robert Richard Demers, Cranbury, NJ (US);
William Chiang, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
Richard Morgan Moroney, III, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention provides electrode-based pumps and methods of operating such pumps. In one embodiment, the invention provides an electrode-based pump situated in a fluid channel comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first and second electrodes have a diameter from about 25 microns to about 100 microns and are spaced from about 100 microns to about 2,500 microns apart. In another embodiment, the invention provides an electrode-based pump comprising a first electrode, second electrode and third electrode.