US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on Oct. 27 for "Cooling/heating medical pad with softened edges" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,344, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Cooling/heating medical pad with softened edges" was invented by Madeline Stich (Thornton, Colo.), Karthik Ganesan (Longmont, Colo.), Tyghe E. Boone-Worthman (Brighton, Colo.) and Sean E. Walker (Platteville, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is an apparatus and system directed to providing for a patient's comfort while undergoing Targeted Temperature Management (TTM). The apparatus and system pertain to a medical pad for exchanging thermal energy with a patient. The medical pad includes a flexible upper sheet, a flexible base member,...