US Patent Issued to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung on Sept. 2 for "Micromembrane pumping device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,849, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Micromembrane pumping device" was invented by Agnes Bussmann (Munich), Lorenz Gruenerbel (Munich), Christian Wald (Munich) and Sebastian Kibler (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "What is suggested is a micromembrane pumping device for pumping a fluid, having: a pump chamber to which an inlet valve, an outlet valve, and a membrane device for varying a volume of the pump chamber are associated, wherein the membrane device has a plate-shaped actuator for deforming the membrane device; and influencing means for inf...