Patent ID: 8252250
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: F04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electroosmotic (EO) pump, comprising: a housing having a pump cavity; a porous core medium positioned within the pump cavity to form an exterior reservoir that extends at least partially about an exterior surface of the porous core medium, the porous core medium having an open inner chamber provided therein, the inner chamber representing an interior reservoir; and electrodes, positioned in the inner chamber and positioned proximate the exterior surface, the electrodes inducing flow of a fluid through the porous core medium between the interior and exterior reservoirs, wherein a gas is generated when the electrodes induce flow of the fluid; the housing having a fluid inlet to convey the fluid to one of the interior reservoir and the exterior reservoir, the housing having a fluid outlet to discharge the fluid from another of the interior reservoir and the exterior reservoir, the housing having a gas outlet to discharge the gas from the pump cavity.