ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,182, issued on March 25.
"Device and method of treating menopausal hot flashes" was invented by Miriam Baker (Fort Lee, N.J.), Alyssa Dweck (Armonk, N.Y.) and Nyiri Grigorian (Tenafly, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for treatment of hot flashes in perimenopausal and menopausal women. The device includes a cooling agent distributed over at least a portion of an area of the device, at least one liner positioned against and attached to at least one side of the cooling agent over at least the portion of the area of the device, and an adhesive. The adhesive is arranged on at least one side of the device so as to ...