ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,541, issued on March 24, was assigned to FREEZE SLEEVE IPCO LLC (Mt. Kisco, N.Y.).

"Cryotherapy and compression sleeve and methods of use" was invented by Michael Riordan (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elastic material or other stretch material formed as a layer or cylinder and capable of holding hot or cold temperature and radiating such temperature through contact and an elastic fabric adhered to the elastic material capable of providing a protective cover and a fabric liner between a user's skin and the elastic material and, thus, functions to conform to user's body providing evenly distributed encompassing co...