ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,458, issued on May 20, was assigned to FIT- & WELLNESS CONCEPT GMBH (Switzerland).

"Thermal device and method for operating same" was invented by Daniel Wirth (Wetzikon, Switzerland) and Flurin Cabalzar (Hittnau, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal device comprising a heatable and ventilatable thermal cabin (2) for at least one person is equipped with adjustable heating means (4) and with adjustable ventilation means (6) and, optionally, with a temperate sensor (8). Furthermore, detection means (10) are available for the continuous detection of the presence of persons situated in the thermal cabin, wherein said detec...