ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,692, issued on June 2, was assigned to CryoDynamics Inc. (Southlake, Texas).

"Cold therapy device and method" was invented by Douglas R. Harsy (Southlake, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cold therapy apparatus includes a thermal body wrap with umbilical to a control unit with pump for circulating a thermal fluid to remove heat from a body. A coolant heat exchange assembly includes a thermal fluid reservoir and a coolant tank that has a heat exchanger inside, immersed in the coolant. The heat exchanger is coupled to the control unit to circulate the thermal fluid through the thermal body wrap. The coolant heat exchange assembly ...