ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,133, issued on Sept. 29.
"Artificial hand" was invented by Phillip Johnson (Narrows, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An artificial hand, a kit of components for making the artificial hand a method of making and installing the artificial hand on the arm stump of a person in need thereof. This artificial hand is made of relatively low-cost components and is fairly easy to assemble from a kit of such components. Additionally, the artificial hand can be relatively quickly and easily fit to the arm stump of a person in need thereof so that the person can wear and use the artificial hand immediately without excessive training or instru...