skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Microfluidic systems, pumps, valves, fluidic chips thereof, and applications of same

Patent ·
OSTI ID:2222266

Microfluidic systems, pumps, valves and applications of the same are provided. The microfluidic system may be a pump or a valve having a fluidic chip and an actuator controlling the opening and closing of the fluidic channel in the fluidic chip. The actuator may be disposed to tilt from the fluidic chip, forming a tilted-rotor peristaltic pump. Alternatively, the actuator may be a rolling ball actuator, and different fluidic chips may be used in different applications. For example, the fluidic chip may be a spiral pump chip having spiral channels, a rotary peristaltic pump chip having multiple output channels, or a multi-port valve chip having one port interconnected with multiple different ports. An analytical valve chip may switchably interconnect bioreactor and rinse/calibration input channels to sensor and waste output channels. The actuator of a random-access valve can move from one valve position to another without opening or closing intermediate ones.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; National Institutes of Health (NIH); US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
DOE Contract Number:
468746; 20003; 5UG3TR002097-02; 83573601; CBMXCEL-XL1-2-001; HHSN44C; U01CA202229
Assignee:
Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Patent Number(s):
11,745,180
Application Number:
18/084,634
OSTI ID:
2222266
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 12/20/2022
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (14)

Power Tool with Peristaltic Pump patent-application June 2014
Peristaltic Micropump and Related Systems and Methods patent-application October 2013
Peristaltic Pump patent-application November 2019
Handheld Ophthalmic Probe with Peristaltic Pump and Associated Devices, Systems, and Methods patent-application March 2018
Rotary cavity pump patent October 2001
Micro Peristaltic Pump patent-application March 2017
Diagnostic testing device patent September 1992
Method and Apparatus for a Peristaltic Pump patent-application July 2013
Implantable peristaltic pump techniques patent November 1998
Peristaltic Pump-Based Apparatus and Method for the Controlled Dispensing of Fluids patent-application December 2020
Peristaltic Pump patent-application September 2017
Membrane-Based Fluid-Flow Control Devices patent-application October 2015
Normally Closed Microwave and Applications of the Same patent-application October 2015
Fluid pump patent April 2021