Electrically Actuated Micropumps

Electrically Actuated Micropumps

Electrically actuated micropumps enable microchip liquid chromatography separations to be carried out rapidly and with miniaturized instrumentation. The micropumps can be powered with a battery, using potentials in the tens of volts, while generating adequate pressures for liquid chromatographic separations. This technology has potential for application in lightweight (field-deployable) or disposable liquid chromatography instrumentation, for example, to be used in on-site analyses. Parallel arrays of micropumps on microchips could be used in analysis or purification of pharmaceutical active ingredients, proteins, and other biologically important compounds.

Patent Information

Patent Pending

The Inventor

Adam Woolley, Associate Professor

Licensing Information

To discuss this technology please contact:

Mike Alder
801-422-6266
malder@byu.edu

Leon "Priz" Przybyla
801-422-6266
priz@byu.edu