ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,216, issued on May 6, was assigned to B MEDICAL SYSTEMS S.A.R.L. (Hosingen, Luxembourg).

"Cooling device" was invented by Andreas Hoffmann (Ammeldingen, Germany) and Manuel Godert (St. Vith, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cooling device 1, in particular a freezer 2, having a closable cooling space 3, an electrically operated cooling circuit, and preferably a cold storage pack 4, wherein the at least one closable cooling space 3 and the cold storage pack 4 can be cooled by the electrically operated cooling circuit. The cooling device has a power distributor 5 for distributing electrical power of at least one regenerative power...