Patents by Inventor George B. Sartor

George B. Sartor has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electrokinetic pump
    Patent number: 6770183
    Abstract: An electrokinetic pump in which the porous dielectric medium of conventional electrokinetic pumps is replaced by a patterned microstructure. The patterned microstructure is fabricated by lithographic patterning and etching of a substrate and is formed by features arranged so as to create an array of microchannels. The microchannels have dimensions on the order of the pore spacing in a conventional porous dielectric medium. Embedded unitary electrodes are vapor deposited on either end of the channel structure to provide the electric field necessary for electroosmotic flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Sandia National Laboratories
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Hencken, George B. Sartor