ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,851, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to PDC Machines Inc. (Souderton, Pa.).

"High-throughput diaphragm compressor" was invented by Guy Babbitt (Fort Collins, Colo.), Garrett Casassa (Fort Collins, Colo.), Bryce Whitehill (Fort Collins, Colo.), Alex Beckerman (Tuscon, Ariz.), Kristina Weyer (Yakima, Wash.), Chris Turner (Windsor, Colo.), Kareem Afzal (Gwynedd, Pa.) and Christopher Basilico (East Brunswick, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for operating a diaphragm compressor system provide high output pressure and high throughput. In some embodiments, modular diaphragm compressors are stacked with a clamping mec...