ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,323, issued on June 3, was assigned to Weber Orthopedic LP (Santa Paula, Calif.).
"Extendable fracture orthosis" was invented by Jamie McMillan (Billings, Mont.), Jeremy Schillig (Mansfield, Texas), Martha Ortega (Bedford, Texas), James Buckhout (Hampton, N.J.) and John Hely (Roanoke, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elbow-forearm-wrist-hand-finger orthosis having a telescoping and detachable palm/finger rest extending from a wrist-forearm gauntlet wherein the distance between the two is adjustable. The forearm and wrist gauntlet includes a clamshell configuration with an internal stiffener and a volar pocket. The palm/finger r...