ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,034, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Algorithm using common patient parameters to determine correct pad size" was invented by Jesse Smith (Broomfield, Colo.), Niharika Pathare (Thane, India), Gabriel A. Johnston (Broomfield, Colo.) and Mengjia Yi (Westminster, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is disclosed for recommending a thermal pad set for use in providing a targeted temperature management (TTM) therapy to a patient, where the system includes a computer implemented method. The computer implemented method includes receiving a request for a thermal pad set recommendation from...