ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,497, issued on June 30, was assigned to Koya Medical Inc. (Dallas).
"Compression garment apparatus" was invented by Ryan Evans (San Francisco), Jarren Baldwin (Oakland, Calif.), John C. Pamplin (Oakland, Calif.), Connor Meehan (Pleasant Hill, Calif.), Jay Zuerndorfer (Oakland, Calif.) and Anand Doraiswamy (Oakland, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to compression garments, specifically to compression garments to promote lymphatic circulation and/or circulation of other bodily fluids. The garments can include compression actuator units that can apply a pull force on a strap of the compression garment to app...