US Patent Issued to DJO on Aug. 18 for "Carpometacarpal thumb brace" (Minnesota, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,546, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to DJO LLC (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Carpometacarpal thumb brace" was invented by David Madden (Forest Lake, Minn.), Matthew Cozad (Edina, Minn.) and Richard Gildersleeve (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brace for a carpometacarpal joint of a thumb includes a body made of an elastomeric material. The body includes a wrist strap configured to surround a wrist, a dorsal projection extending from the wrist strap, a first palmar strap extending between a proximal end connected to the wrist strap and a distal end configured to removably attach to the dorsal projection, and a second palmar ...