US Patent Issued to Avent on June 23 for "Thermal performance optimization in a thermal therapy device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,257, issued on June 23, was assigned to Avent Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Thermal performance optimization in a thermal therapy device" was invented by Mark H. Lowe (Danville, Calif.) and Bryan D. Huff (Vacaville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rapid contrast therapy system can provide cold, heat/hot/warm (hereafter referred to as "hot"), and/or rapid contrast therapy, which involves rapidly alternating between cold therapy and hot therapy. The system can circulate cold or hot fluid, such as water, through a hose, into a therapy wrap, and then back to the fluid reservoirs of the system. The system can utilize a vapor compressio...