US Patent Issued to Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Aug. 25 for "Electromechanically driven oscillatory flow in fluidic systems" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,979, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Electromechanically driven oscillatory flow in fluidic systems" was invented by Leif-Thore Deck (Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany), Natalie Eyke (Cambridge, Mass.), Travis Hart (Watertown, Mass.) and Klavs F. Jensen (Lexington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fluidic systems and methods in which oscillatory flow is employed are generally described. In some instances, one or more solenoids are used to drive the oscillation of a magnetically-susceptible body which creates oscillatory flow of a fluid in a fluidic channel in fluid com...