Patent Document ID: 20080279698
Application ID: 12062050
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for generating Lorentz body forces in an at least slightly conductive fluid within a fluidic network comprising (a) a plurality of connected and individually controlled conduits for the transmission of said at least slightly conductive fluid, each conduit having at least one pair of opposing walls and at least one pair of electrodes disposed along the opposing walls, and (b) at least one electrode controller in operational engagement with the electrodes for implementing an activation sequence of currents or potentials applied across the electrodes; comprising the step: placing the fluidic network at least partially within a magnetic field oriented approximately perpendicular both to the orientation of the axis of flow of the liquid through the fluidic network and to the orientation of a current or potential applied across the electrodes disposed along the opposing walls of the conduits.