ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,538, issued on April 21.

"Radiation-free heating pad and processing technology thereof" was invented by Ying Wang (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation-free heating pad and a processing technology thereof is provided. The radiation-free heating pad includes heating wires, a fiber layer, a flexible shielding layer, and a reinforcement layer. The heating wires are uniformly arranged on the fiber layer in a serpentine pattern, a layer of aluminum foil is arranged on each of an upper side and a lower side of the fiber layer, and the aluminum foil tightly wraps the heating wire. The flexible shielding layer is arrange...