ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,905, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LEE VENTUS Ltd. (Royston, Great Britain).
"Microfluidic pump control" was invented by James Samuel Bumby (Royston, Great Britain), Martin Croft (Royston, Great Britain), William Deeks (Royston, Great Britain) and Stuart Andrew Hatfield (Royston, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling a microfluidic pump having a pump body defining a cavity, and an actuator arranged to generate pressure oscillations of a fluid contained within the cavity in order to cause fluid flow through an inlet and an outlet of the cavity, the method comprising: oscillating the actuator at a f...