EP2847465A4 - Microfluidic pump - Google Patents

Microfluidic pump

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Publication number
EP2847465A4
EP2847465A4 EP13767323.2A EP13767323A EP2847465A4 EP 2847465 A4 EP2847465 A4 EP 2847465A4 EP 13767323 A EP13767323 A EP 13767323A EP 2847465 A4 EP2847465 A4 EP 2847465A4
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Prior art keywords
microfluidic pump
microfluidic
pump
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German (de)
French (fr)
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EP2847465B1 (en
EP2847465A1 (en
Inventor
Remus Haupt
Horst Bössneck
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Alere San Diego Inc
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Alere San Diego Inc
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B43/00—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members
    • F04B43/12—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action
    • F04B43/14—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action having plate-like flexible members
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B19/00—Machines or pumps having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B17/00
    • F04B19/006—Micropumps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B43/00—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members
    • F04B43/02—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having plate-like flexible members, e.g. diaphragms
    • F04B43/04—Pumps having electric drive
    • F04B43/043—Micropumps
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B43/00—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members
    • F04B43/12—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B43/00—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members
    • F04B43/12—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action
    • F04B43/1238—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action using only one roller as the squeezing element, the roller moving on an arc of a circle during squeezing
    • F04B43/1246—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action using only one roller as the squeezing element, the roller moving on an arc of a circle during squeezing the roller being placed at the outside of the tubular flexible member
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B43/00—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members
    • F04B43/12—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action
    • F04B43/1253—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action by using two or more rollers as squeezing elements, the rollers moving on an arc of a circle during squeezing
    • F04B43/1261—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action by using two or more rollers as squeezing elements, the rollers moving on an arc of a circle during squeezing the rollers being placed at the outside of the tubular flexible member
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04B—POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS
    • F04B43/00—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members
    • F04B43/12—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action
    • F04B43/1253—Machines, pumps, or pumping installations having flexible working members having peristaltic action by using two or more rollers as squeezing elements, the rollers moving on an arc of a circle during squeezing
    • F04B43/1292—Pumps specially adapted for several tubular flexible members
EP13767323.2A 2012-03-26 2013-03-15 Microfluidic pump Active EP2847465B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US201261615786P 2012-03-26 2012-03-26
PCT/US2013/032020 WO2013148312A1 (en) 2012-03-26 2013-03-15 Microfluidic pump

Publications (3)

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EP2847465A1 EP2847465A1 (en) 2015-03-18
EP2847465A4 true EP2847465A4 (en) 2016-04-06
EP2847465B1 EP2847465B1 (en) 2020-04-15

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US (1) US20150050172A1 (en)
EP (1) EP2847465B1 (en)
CN (1) CN104204523A (en)
HK (1) HK1208256A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2013148312A1 (en)

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US20060166357A1 (en) * 2003-03-10 2006-07-27 The University Of Michigan Integrated microfludic control employing programmable tactile actuators
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US20150050172A1 (en) 2015-02-19
CN104204523A (en) 2014-12-10
EP2847465A1 (en) 2015-03-18

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