US Patent Issued to RCM Enterprise on Feb. 10 for "Biomedical finger assembly with ratcheting lock" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,242, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to RCM Enterprise LLC (Olympia, Wash.).

"Biomedical finger assembly with ratcheting lock" was invented by Erich Theodore Griebling (Olympia, Wash.), Catherine Rocille Treadwell (Olympia, Wash.) and Bradley Arthur Crittenden (Olympia, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides systems, apparatuses, and devices for a prosthetic digit usable with persons with amputations at or proximal to the metacarpophalangeal joint. The device restores prehension in a person with missing fingers or thumb by providing opposition to forces in the extension direction via a spring-loaded pawl and lo...