US Patent Issued to WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY on Sept. 29 for "Adjustable nail bed splint" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,143, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (Wichita, Kan.).

"Adjustable nail bed splint" was invented by Joel White (Wichita, Kan.) and Stephen Granberry (Wichita, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable nail bed splint can be fitted to a plurality of patient-specific nail beds of varying shapes. The adjustable nail bed splint includes a splint plate having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion spaced apart along a longitudinal axis and first and second longitudinal edge margins spaced apart along a lateral axis. The splint plate is adjustable for fitment to a patient-specific nail bed. The...