US Patent Issued on Dec. 16 for "Method and apparatus to maintain distance between bones of a neck for pain relief" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,210, issued on Dec. 16.

"Method and apparatus to maintain distance between bones of a neck 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 pair of engaging members to engage a first and second portion of a body toward an upper and lower portion of a neck, 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 an area of the neck, wherein the body portion resides between the first and second portions, and wherein each assembly comprises a plurality of rod...