ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,253, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to BAUERFEIND AG (Zeulenroda-Triebes, Germany).
"Thumb orthosis" was invented by Andre Beck (Zeulenroda-Triebes, Germany) and Hans B. Bauerfeind (Zeulenroda-Triebes, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thumb orthosis, particular for correcting malpositions of the thumb in the carpometacarpal joint, includes a) a substantially dimensionally stable molded body bent in a U-shape, which is fitted on the hand between the thumb and index finger in the applied state and supports the thumb and fixes it at a distance from the index finger, wherein the molded body bent in a U-shape has a first end port...