US Patent Issued to Taska Prosthetics on July 21 for "Automated hand" (New Zealander Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,652, issued on July 21, was assigned to Taska Prosthetics Ltd. (Riccarton, New Zealand).

"Automated hand" was invented by Mathew James Jury (Lower Hutt, New Zealand), David Neil Lovegrove (Christchurch, New Zealand), Ross Hughan Dawson (Christchurch, New Zealand), Oliver Charles Graham Jackson-Hill (Christchurch, New Zealand), Darryl John Best (Christchurch, New Zealand) and Jonathan David Lowy (Auckland, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an automated hand, such as a prosthetic hand. In one form, the automated hand may be fluid compatible. In one form, the automated hand may comprise features to redu...