US Patent Issued to DJO on Sept. 29 for "Inflation control valve" (California, Maine, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,139, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to DJO LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Inflation control valve" was invented by Benjamin Batterson (Encinitas, Calif.), Manikandan Sasidharan (South Portland, Maine) and Robert Ketelhohn (Dunstable, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices are described for providing a fluid control for an inflation system. The control directs fluid flow from an inlet to one or more outlets of the control. The outlets are independently connected in fluid communication with the inlet. The control allows a user to create a fluid path between the inlet and a selected outlet by positioning the con...