US Patent Issued to DJO on March 3 for "Walking boot, chafe assembly, protective rim for a push-button release valve and related methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,507, issued on March 3, was assigned to DJO LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Walking boot, chafe assembly, protective rim for a push-button release valve and related methods" was invented by David M. Giuntoli (Carlsbad, Calif.), Ryan Held (Oceanside, Calif.), Paul Klock (Carlsbad, Calif.), Jeff Mullally (La Mesa, Calif.), Alexis Doty (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Robert Bejarano (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A walking brace is provided. The walking brace includes a U-shaped malleable stay configured to hold a manually-bent shape. The walking brace includes an integral portion. The integral portion includes a footbed, a first upri...