Electrokinetically pumped high pressure sprays
| Patent Number: | 6,495,015 |
| Issued: | 12/17/2002 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | An electrokinetic pump capable of producing high pressure is combined with a nozzle having a submicron orifice to provide a high pressure spray device. Because of its small size, the device can be contained within medical devices such as an endoscope for delivering biological materials such as DNA, chemo therapeutic agents, or vaccines to tissues and cells. |
| Filed: | 6/16/2000 |
| Application Number: | 9/595,799 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |