ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,043, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to R2 Technologies Inc. (Dublin, Calif.).

"Dermatological treatments and systems employing cooling, topicals, and/or abrasion" was invented by Kevin Springer (Livermore, Calif.), Jesse Rosen (Albany, Calif.), Erik Stauber (Albany, Calif.), Rico Stenson (San Mateo, Calif.), Bryan Jon Weber (Livermore, Calif.), Gregory F. Hirth (Pleasanton, Calif.), James Edward Hastings (San Bruno, Calif.), Timothy Dwaine Holt (San Ramon, Calif.), Kristine Tatsutani (Redwood City, Calif.), Noel John Ronsvalle (San Jose, Calif.) and Peter E. Wagner (San Ramon, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dermatological tre...