ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,412, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Preston Industries Inc. (Niles, Ill.).

"Method and assembly for a wireless probe and interrogator" was invented by Philip Preston (Northfield, Ill.), Walter Raczynski (Arlington Heights, Ill.) and Charles Zimnicki (Lake Zurich, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for the wireless interrogation of a body immersed in a circulatory bath or a tank for heating. More specifically, the system may include a probe having multiple sensors for gauging a core temperature associated with the immersed body in combination with one or more wireless connections leading to a controller (on a ...