US Patent Issued to AITA BIO on April 21 for "Micropump and method of fabricating the same" (New York, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,742, issued on April 21, was assigned to AITA BIO INC. (New York).

"Micropump and method of fabricating the same" was invented by Jacob Menture (New York), Peter Smeys (San Jose, Calif.), Dilan Casanovas Mack (New York) and Laurence Heads (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed of fabricating a MEMS device that includes one or more wafers configured as pump or valve. The pump or valve includes an inlet port to receive fluid and an outlet port to release the fluid within the pump or valve. The method comprises growing silicon dioxide on a silicon layer of the one or more wafers to form a silicon dioxide layer o...