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Title: Magnetohydrodynamic pump with a system for promoting flow of fluid in one direction

Abstract

A magnetohydrodynamic pump for pumping a fluid. The pump includes a microfluidic channel for channeling the fluid, a MHD electrode/magnet system operatively connected to the microfluidic channel, and a system for promoting flow of the fluid in one direction in the microfluidic channel. The pump has uses in the medical and biotechnology industries for blood-cell-separation equipment, biochemical assays, chemical synthesis, genetic analysis, drug screening, an array of antigen-antibody reactions, combinatorial chemistry, drug testing, medical and biological diagnostics, and combinatorial chemistry. The pump also has uses in electrochromatography, surface micromachining, laser ablation, inkjet printers, and mechanical micromilling.

Inventors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. Union City, CA
  2. Irvine, CA
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
993095
Patent Number(s):
7,753,656
Application Number:
U.S. patent application 10/176,942
Assignee:
Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (Livermore, CA)
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Lemoff, Asuncion V, and Lee, Abraham P. Magnetohydrodynamic pump with a system for promoting flow of fluid in one direction. United States: N. p., 2010. Web.
Lemoff, Asuncion V, & Lee, Abraham P. Magnetohydrodynamic pump with a system for promoting flow of fluid in one direction. United States.
Lemoff, Asuncion V, and Lee, Abraham P. 2010. "Magnetohydrodynamic pump with a system for promoting flow of fluid in one direction". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/993095.
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An AC magnetohydrodynamic micropump
journal, May 2000


A thermal-bubble-actuated micronozzle-diffuser pump
journal, December 2002