US Patent Issued to THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION on Jan. 13 for "Ingrown fingernail/toenail correction device using shape memory alloy" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,267, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Ingrown fingernail/toenail correction device using shape memory alloy" was invented by Yeong Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ingrown fingernail/toenail correction device using a shape memory alloy, includes a first fixing part configured to be fixed to an ingrown fingernail/toenail, a second fixing part configured to be fixed to the ingrown fingernail/toenail and spaced apart from the first fixing part at a predetermined distance, and a correction part inserted into the ...