Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electro-osmotic pumps with electrodes comprising a lanthanide oxide or an actinide oxide
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Application No.: US13965345Application Date: 2013-08-13
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Publication No.: US09931462B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Adam Heller , Rajaram K. Nagarale
- Applicant: Board of Regents of the University of Texas System
- Applicant Address: US TX Dallas
- Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
- Current Assignee: BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Dallas
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: A61M5/142
- IPC: A61M5/142 ; F04D13/06 ; F04B19/00 ; G01N27/447 ; A61M5/145

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates, according to some embodiments, to methods, devices, and systems for fluid delivery to a subject using pumps, for example, non-gassing, direct current (DC), electro-osmotic pumps. In some embodiments, delivery of an aqueous fluid may be achieved by contacting the aqueous liquid with an electro-osmotic pump comprising (i) a cathode (e.g., a cathode comprising porous carbon coated with a cerium oxide-comprising coating), (ii) an anode (e.g., an anode comprising porous carbon coated with a cerium oxide-comprising coating), and (iii) a ceramic membrane (e.g., a ceramic membrane formed by fusing uncoated silica spheres, phosphosilicic-acid-coated fused silica spheres, or borosilicic-acid-coated fused silica spheres, wherein the fused spheres are randomly packed between the cathode and the anode) and/or optionally applying (a) a constant potential difference or constant voltage between the anode and the cathode of from about 0.1 V to about 3 V between the anode and the cathode of from about 0.1 V to about 3 V such that the aqueous liquid is pumped or (b) constant current to cause a potential difference between the anode and the cathode of from about 0.1 V to about 3 V such that the aqueous liquid is pumped.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140088506A1 ELECTRO-OSMOTIC PUMPS WITH ELECTRODES COMPRISING A LANTHANIDE OXIDE OR AN ACTINIDE OXIDE Public/Granted day:2014-03-27
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