Patent ID: 8431412
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: B01L,F04B,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a laminate pump assembly defining a plurality of flow paths, each flow path of the plurality of flow paths extending between an inlet passage and an outlet passage; a plurality of fluid sources connected to the laminate pump assembly, each fluid source of the plurality of fluid sources being connected to a different one of the plurality of flow paths; and a mixer connected to the outlet passage of each flow path of the plurality of flow paths, wherein each flow path of the plurality of flow paths extend through an inlet valve, a pump valve, and an outlet valve, and wherein the inlet valve, the pump valve and the outlet valve each comprise a chamber and a membrane dividing the chamber so as to define a fluid flow chamber and a control chamber, the control chamber being configured to expand in response to a control fluid entering the control chamber and collapse in response to the control fluid exiting the control chamber.