ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,025, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ESSITY HYGIENE AND HEALTH AKTIEBOLAG (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Wrist brace" was invented by Stephan Krajewski (Hamburg, Germany), Oliver Hass (Hamburg, Germany), Emma Van Den Berg (Hengelo, Netherlands) and Daphne Gengler (Hengelo, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an orthosis adapted to be worn on a human forearm and hand for stabilizing the wrist joint, comprising a stiff body having an exostructure enclosing an elongated core, wherein the stiff body comprises (i) a metacarpal section, having a ring-shaped or ring-segment-shaped thumb holding section ada...