US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on June 2 for "Self-sealing connector for gel pads" (Colorado, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,693, issued on June 2, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Self-sealing connector for gel pads" was invented by Sean E. Walker (Platteville, Colo.), Audrey Earnshaw (Erie, Colo.), Angela Kontas (Denver), Amy Lawrence (Port Orchard, Wash.), Brett R. Skelton (Louisville, Colo.) and Ritaban Chakravarty (Louisville, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A targeted temperature management (TTM) system includes a TTM module configured to provide a TTM fluid and a pad configured to facilitate thermal energy transfer between the TTM fluid and a patient. The system includes a fluid delivery line (FDL) with a hub at the dista...