US Patent Issued to C. R. Bard on Oct. 7 for "Gel pad assembly using free rotatable fluid joints" (North Carolina, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,785, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to C. R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Gel pad assembly using free rotatable fluid joints" was invented by Qihua Xu (Cary, N.C.), Eric A. Fallows (Apex, N.C.), Adam T. Martin (Holly Springs, N.C.), Nicholas J. Jardine (Holly Springs, N.C.) and Sean E. Walker (Platteville, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical pad for exchanging thermal energy between a targeted temperature management (TTM) fluid and a patient is disclosed. The pad can include a fluid containing layer and a fluid conduit attached therewith via rotatable joint where the joint is configured to facilitate rotation of the f...