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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Xunhu Dai, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Anthony M. Pavio, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Ross A. Miesem, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/126 ; F04B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/126 ; F04B 7/00 ;
Abstract
A multilayer ceramic micropump including a monolithic ceramic package formed of a plurality of ceramic layers defining therein an integrated first ball check valve, and a second ball check valve in microfluidic communication with the first ball check valve, and an actuator characterized as actuating a pumping motion, thereby pumping fluids through the first ball check valve and the second ball check valve.