ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,135, issued on May 27, was assigned to Brain Tunnelgenix Technologies Corp. (Aventura, Fla.).

"Apparatus and method for skin treatment" was invented by Marcio Marc Abreu (Aventura, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods configured to provide heat and cold to the skin along with a skin treatment to control rate of skin treatment flow to the skin are described. The disclosed apparatuses and methods include beneficially delaying the transition of skin treatments once skin penetration is achieved to improve the effectiveness of topical treatments to the skin. Accordingly, the disclosed apparatuses and methods are con...