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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
May. 10, 2005
Alan M. Myers, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Juan Santiago, Fremont, CA (US);
Shuhuai Yao, Stanford, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Posner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Alan M. Myers, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Juan Santiago, Fremont, CA (US);
Shuhuai Yao, Stanford, CA (US);
Jonathan D. Posner, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
According to some embodiments, a method, system, and apparatus for providing an orientation independent electroosmotic pump. In some embodiments, the method includes an anode and a cathode at different electrical potentials, the anode and cathode are each sealed in an ion-exchange membrane and at least partially immersed in an electrolyte contained in a reservoir of an electroosmotic pump, collecting gases generated by electrolytic decomposition of the electrolyte within a space defined by the ion-exchange membranes that seal the anode and cathode, recombining the collected gases to produce a liquid using a catalyst, the catalyst being located outside of the reservoir, and introducing the produced liquid into the fluid reservoir through an osmotic membrane.