Patents by Inventor Johannes Theodorus W. M. VAN EEMEREN

Johannes Theodorus W. M. VAN EEMEREN 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).

  • Publication number: 20160195085
    Abstract: A microfluidic device (100) comprising at least one passive valve (PV, 120, 130), the passive valve being constituted by a sequence of a first carrier layer (CL 1) with an aperture providing a passage (P 1) for fluid flow, a first binding layer (BLI) with a first opening, a flexible layer (FL) with a through-hole (TH), a second binding layer (BL2) with a second opening, and a second carrier layer (CL2). Moreover, the flexible layer (FL) can move within a valve chamber (VC) constituted by the openings. Depending on the pressure difference across the passive valve (PV), the flexible layer (FL) can bend towards the first carrier layer (CLI) and close the aperture, while it opens the passage (P1) when bending in the opposite direction. Two of such properly oriented passive valves together with an intermediate active valve (AV) can constitute a one-stroke pump. A method for manufacturing such a fluidic device is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips N.V
    Inventors: Johannes Theodorus W. M. VAN EEMEREN, Irene Johanna Monica DOBBELAER-BOSBOOM, Pieter Jan VAN DER ZAAG