ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,261, issued on April 21, was assigned to POINT DESIGNS INC (Broomfield, Colo.).
"Prosthetic thumb device" was invented by Ben Pulver (Lakewood, Colo.), Serena Kishek (Lakewood, Colo.), Levin Sliker (Boulder, Colo.), Stephen Huddle (Thornton, Colo.), Richard Weir (Lafayette, Colo.) and Jacob Segil (Boulder, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include a prosthetic thumb device that includes a track configured to attach to a prosthetic socket, a carriage, and a locking mechanism. The carriage can include a first component that couples to the track such that the carriage is operable to move along the track, and a second com...