US Patent Issued on April 21 for "Method and apparatus to maintain distance between bones of a finger for pain relief" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,267, issued on April 21.

"Method and apparatus to maintain distance between bones of a finger for pain relief" was invented by Jafar Vossoughi (Brookeville, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a first engaging member to engage a first portion of a finger, a second engaging member to engage a second portion of the finger, and a plurality of assemblies connecting the first engaging member and the second engaging member to maintain a distance between bones of a body portion comprising a joint of the finger, wherein the body portion resides between the first and second portions, and wherein each assembly comprises a...