Patent Document ID: 20090095630
Application ID: 12194913
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for transporting fluid, comprising: a housing having an inner channel; a fluid contained within the channel; a first array of electrodes arranged in a first pattern, a second array of electrodes arranged in a second pattern, and a third array of electrodes arranged in a third pattern, said first, second and third patterns being interdigitated into a repetitive pattern of a first electrode, second electrode, and a third electrode, the interdigitated repetitive pattern being proximate to the inner channel, and a three phase source of electrical voltage at a frequency, the first phase being provided to said first array, the second phase being provided to said second array, the third phase being provided to said third array, each phase being separated by a phase angle from each other phase; wherein application of said source to said first array, said second array, and said third array generates a traveling voltage wave within the channel.