US Patent Issued on July 21 for "Angular digital orthosis for loss of distal joint extension" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,659, issued on July 21.

"Angular digital orthosis for loss of distal joint extension" was invented by Greg Watchmaker (Mequon, Wis.) and Randy Dahl (Sussex, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the inventive concepts disclosed herein are directed to an angular digital device for loss of distal joint extension. A device formed from a thin, rigid material shaped to fit the dorsal soft-tissue contour of the middle phalanx of a digit with one or more apex volarly angled distal projections which arise at the level of the distal interphalangeal joint and with a thin sling of material secured to the distal projection(s) by whi...