Electroosmotic pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11725640-B2
Application number	US-202217652139-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2022
Priority date	Aug 31, 2016
Publication date	Aug 15, 2023
Grant date	Aug 15, 2023

Abstract

The present invention discloses a path-type liquid medicine delivery electro-osmosis pump that can be applied to a wearable medicine device.An electro osmosis pump according to the present invention includes: a connector provided with a liquid medicine inlet and a liquid medicine outlet; a check valve assembly combined to one side of the connector; and a driver that is connected to the other side of the connector and moves the liquid medicine toward the liquid medicine outlet by applying pressure to the liquid medicine while being separated from the liquid medicine, which passes through the check valve assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A patch-type liquid medicine delivery device configured to attach to a human body, the device comprising:
a driver configured to move a liquid medicine toward the human body by applying pressure to the liquid medicine; and
a check valve assembly coupled to the driver, wherein the liquid medicine pushed by the driver passes through the check valve assembly,
wherein the driver comprises:
a first pump housing provided with a space where an operation fluid is received;
a first electrode;
a membrane of which one side is combined to the first electrode;
a second electrode combined to other side of the membrane;
a second pump housing combined to one side of the second electrode and provided with a space where the operation fluid is received; and
a diaphragm combined to the first pump housing,

wherein the check valve assembly comprises:
a valve housing comprising a liquid medicine inflow extension pipeline and a liquid medicine discharge extension pipeline;
an inflow check valve passing the liquid medicine toward the driver;
a discharge check valve passing the liquid medicine in a direction of injection into the human body;
a first fixing hole fixing the inflow check valve to the valve housing; and
a second fixing hole fixing the discharge check valve to the valve housing,
wherein the liquid medicine inflow extension pipeline of the valve housing is disposed between the driver and the inflow check valve,
wherein the second fixing hole is disposed between the driver and the discharge check valve, and
wherein one end of the first fixing hole in an axial direction is fitted to the liquid medicine inflow extension pipeline of the valve housing and other end of the first fixing hole in the axial direction is exposed to the outside and is not coupled to the driver.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the membrane is formed of an insulator.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the diaphragm is provided with a wrinkle portion that is formed as protrusions and depressions.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the inflow check valve passes the liquid medicine toward the diaphragm of the driver.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the diaphragm of the driver pushes the liquid medicine toward the check valve assembly.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein one end of the second fixing hole in the axial direction is fitted to the liquid medicine discharge extension pipeline of the valve housing and other end of the second fixing hole in the axial direction is coupled to the driver.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the membrane is formed of a porous material through which an operation fluid and ions are transferred.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the space of the first pump housing and the space of the second pump housing penetrate along the axial direction, wherein the space of the first pump housing is blocked by the diaphragm.

9. The device of claim 1 further comprising:
a connector provided with a liquid medicine inlet and a liquid medicine outlet,
wherein the connector is disposed between the driver and the check valve assembly.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein a space in which the liquid medicine is introduced into through the liquid medicine inlet and discharged through the liquid medicine outlet is formed between the connector and the driver.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein the driver further comprises a second diaphragm combined to the second pump housing.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the space of the first pump housing and the space of the second pump housing penetrate along the axial direction, wherein the space of the second pump housing is blocked by the diaphragm.

13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the diaphragm is provided with a wrinkle portion that is formed as protrusions and depressions.

Assignees

• Eoflow Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Seung Ha
• Kim Jae Hong
• Kim Jesse Jaejin
• Song Yongchul

Classifications

• F04B19/006 Primary

  Micropumps (F04B43/043 and F04B43/095 take precedence) · CPC title

• A61M5/142

  Pressure infusion, e.g. using pumps · CPC title

• A61M5/145 Primary

  using pressurised reservoirs, e.g. pressurised by means of pistons · CPC title

• A61M39/24 Primary

  Check- or non-return valves · CPC title

• F04B19/00

  Machines or pumps having pertinent characteristics not provided for in, or of interest apart from, groups F04B1/00 - F04B17/00 · CPC title