# US 2026/0137540 A1 · Brace having an inflation control

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- Number: US 2026/0137540 A1
- Document ID: US20260137540A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/451,131
- Filed: 2026-01-16
- Published: 2026-05-21
- Earliest claimed: 2012-08-23
- Assignees: Djo, LLC
- Applicants: Djo, LLC
- Inventors: Benjamin Batterson; Manikandan Sasidharan; Robert Ketelhohn; Carl T Whitaker
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260137540A1

## CPC

- A61F 5/012: {inflatable}
- A61F 5/0102: {specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations}
- A61F 5/0111: {for the feet or ankles}
- A61F 5/05816: {Inflatable splints}
- A61F 5/32: Adjustable pressure pads
- A61M 39/223: {Multiway valves}
- A61M 39/24: Check- or non-return valves
- F16K 11/0853: {having all the connecting conduits situated in a single plane perpendicular to the axis of the plug}
- F16K 37/0008: {Mechanical means (F16K37/0075 takes precedence)}
- Y10T 137/8158: With indicator, register, recorder, alarm or inspection means
- Y10T 137/86501: Sequential distributor or collector type
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- F16K: VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING {(devices for emptying and evacuating the excess liquid in valves or conduits F16L55/07)}
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices are described for providing a brace having an inflation control. The control directs fluid flow from an inflation component to one or more inflatable cells of the brace. The inflatable cells are independently inflated and deflated by the inflation component through the control. The control allows a user to create a fluid path between the inflation component and one of the inflatable cells by positioning the control in an orientation corresponding to the desired inflatable cells. Each inflatable cell is independently inflated and deflated in various orientations of the control.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An orthopedic brace configured for customizable compression by a user.

### Claim 2

A method of using an orthopedic brace configured for customizable compression by a user.