• Patent Title: Method for accurate and low-consumption MEMS micropump actuation and device for carrying out said method
  • Application No.: US14235090
    Application Date: 2012-07-27
  • Publication No.: US10041483B2
    Publication Date: 2018-08-07
  • Inventor: Eric Chappel
  • Applicant: Eric Chappel
  • Applicant Address: CH Lausanne
  • Assignee: DEBIOTECH S.A.
  • Current Assignee: DEBIOTECH S.A.
  • Current Assignee Address: CH Lausanne
  • Agency: Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
  • Priority: EP11176003 20110729
  • International Application: PCT/IB2012/053847 WO 20120727
  • International Announcement: WO2013/018011 WO 20130207
  • Main IPC: F04B19/00
  • IPC: F04B19/00 F04B43/02 F04B43/04 A61M5/142
Method for accurate and low-consumption MEMS micropump actuation and device for carrying out said method
Abstract:
The present invention describes the improvements due to alternated actuation cycles to reduce the delivery errors related to the pumping chamber elasticity, the actuator relaxation or hysteresis. The method actuates a pumping device with an optimal driving voltage profile, wherein the pumping device comprises a pumping chamber including a pumping membrane and a voltage controlled actuator connected to said membrane; the movement of said membrane being defined by three positions, namely a rest, a bottom and a top position. The method includes the actuation of the membrane with a pumping pattern including at least two different cycles: Cycle A: rest-bottom-rest-top-rest Cycle B: rest-top-rest-bottom-rest. The invention also relates to a device to carry out the method.
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