Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Normally closed microvalve and applications of the same
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Application No.: US14651174Application Date: 2013-11-21
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Publication No.: US09618129B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Frank E. Block, III , Philip C. Samson , John P. Wikswo
- Applicant: Vanderbilt University
- Applicant Address: US TN Nashville
- Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
- Current Assignee Address: US TN Nashville
- Agency: Locke Lord LLP
- Agent Tim Tingkang Xia, Esq.
- International Application: PCT/US2013/071324 WO 20131121
- International Announcement: WO2014/123600 WO 20140814
- Main IPC: F16K11/16
- IPC: F16K11/16 ; F04B43/12 ; B01L3/00 ; C12M3/00 ; C12M3/06 ; C12M1/00
Abstract:
A normally closed valve includes a plurality of fluid channels in fluid communication with each other, defined in a flexible base such that when a fluid channel is compressed, a fluid flow through the fluid channel is occluded, otherwise, the fluid flow through the fluid channel is unoccluded; and means for selectively compressing or uncompressing a desired fluid channel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150308578A1 NORMALLY CLOSED MICROVALVE AND APPLICATIONS OF THE SAME Public/Granted day:2015-10-29
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