ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,529, issued on Nov. 4.
"Method and apparatuses for manipulating an endocrine body-temperature set-point in humans and warm-blooded animals" was invented by James Burgess (Missouri City, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for manipulating a temperature set-point of a human or homeothermic-animal for increasing or decreasing the body temperature above or below the prevailing body temperature for therapeutic purposes. The method includes the steps of warming or cooling sphenoid sinuses externally resulting in manipulation of the temperature of the pituitary gland which in turn results in manipulation of the body-...