US Patent Issued to University of Louisville Research Foundation on July 14 for "Palm cooling glove to enhance heat transfer/removal" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,892, issued on July 14, was assigned to University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Palm cooling glove to enhance heat transfer/removal" was invented by John Caruso (Louisville, Ky.) and Peter Quesada (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Palm cooling gloves and similar articles are disclosed which may be worn during exercise or when exposed to warm ambient temperatures. Unlike other items related to thermal exchange, the disclosed devices provide for intermittent cooling in order to ultimately increase the overall rate and magnitude of conductive heat loss from the human body. According to an exam...