US Patent Issued to United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs on Feb. 10 for "Splint for immobilizing a limb of a user" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,250, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs (Washington).

"Splint for immobilizing a limb of a user" was invented by Mohammed Ali Arsiwala (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A splint for use on a forearm, a wrist, and a hand of a user, including a rigid shell assembly with dorsal and a volar shell bodies, the dorsal and volar shell bodies each including a forearm portion, a wrist portion, and a hand portion. The dorsal and volar shell bodies are configured to releasably receive the forearm, wrist, and hand of the user therebetween. A dorsal compr...