ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,181, issued on April 21, was assigned to SONEX HEALTH INC. (Eagan, Minn.).
"Trigger thumb treatment devices and methods" was invented by Darryl E. Barnes (Eagan, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for treating trigger thumb or trigger finger may include a handle, an introducer shaft extending from the handle, a blade shaft slidably disposed on the handle and the introducer shaft, a blade at or near a distal end of the blade shaft, a slider on the handle, attached to a proximal end of the blade shaft, for sliding the blade shaft and the blade distally and proximally along the introducer shaft, and a neurovascular guard sli...