US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on Sept. 29 for "Thermal pad with enhanced heat transfer characteristics" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,150, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Thermal pad with enhanced heat transfer characteristics" was invented by Christopher A. Basciano (Apex, N.C.), Melody M. H. Kuroda (Durham, N.C.) and Charles D. Shermer (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a medical pad for exchanging thermal energy between a targeted temperature management (TTM) fluid and a patient. The pad includes a fluid channel extending between a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and a bottom channel wall that is disposed between the fluid and the patient during use of the pad. The wall is formed of a material...