ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,032, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Inogen Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Oxygen gas concentrator with outlet accumulator" was invented by Todd Allum (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oxygen concentrator comprises a product tank that is fluidly coupled to at least one sieve bed, and a product gas accumulator tank that is fluidly coupled to the product tank via a first conduit and to an outlet port via a second conduit, wherein the first conduit and the second conduit are disposed to allow at least a portion of product gas to flow from the product tank to the outlet port."

The patent was filed on March 14, 2024, under A...