Title:
OSMOTIC ACTUATOR AND ENGINE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003072941
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to an actuator for arrangement in contact with a biological solvent, comprising a housing (12) with a wall which is permeable to the solvent and not permeable to a first solute and which contains micro-organisms for transforming a second solute into the first solute and further comprising a deformable chamber (31) connected to the housing which can increase in volume due to the solvent entering the housing by osmosis. The invention further relates to an engine making use of said actuator.
Inventors:
CINQUIN PHILIPPE (FR)
CINQUIN OLIVIER (FR)
CINQUIN OLIVIER (FR)
Application Number:
PCT/FR2003/000592
Publication Date:
March 04, 2004
Filing Date:
February 24, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
UNIV JOSEPH FOURIER (FR)
CINQUIN PHILIPPE (FR)
CINQUIN OLIVIER (FR)
CINQUIN PHILIPPE (FR)
CINQUIN OLIVIER (FR)
International Classes:
F04B17/00; F04B43/02; A61F2/08; A61M1/12; (IPC1-7): F04B17/00; F04B43/02; A61M5/145
Foreign References:
| EP0259013A1 | 1988-03-09 | |||
| EP0354742A2 | 1990-02-14 | |||
| US5279608A | 1994-01-18 | |||
| US3894538A | 1975-07-15 |
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