Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for accurate and low-consumption MEMS micropump actuation and device for carrying out said method
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Application No.: US14235090Application Date: 2012-07-27
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Publication No.: US10041483B2Publication 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

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140199181A1 METHOD FOR ACCURATE AND LOW-CONSUMPTION MEMS MICROPUMP ACTUATION AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD Public/Granted day:2014-07-17
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