ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,532, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Co. LP (Spring, Texas).
"Inertial pumps" was invented by Erik D. Torniainen (Corvallis, Ore.), Alexander Govyadinov (Corvallis, Ore.), Pavel Kornilovich (Corvallis, Ore.) and David P. Markel (Corvallis, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is drawn to inertial pumps. An inertial pump can include a microfluidic channel, a fluid actuator located in the microfluidic channel, and a check valve located in the microfluidic channel. The check valve can include a moveable valve element, a narrowed channel segment located upstream of the moveable valve e...