ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,571, issued on March 4, was assigned to RECENSMEDICAL INC. (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

"Device and method for cooling living tissue" was invented by Gun-Ho Kim (Ulsan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and a method for cooling living tissues for a medical purpose and other purposes are proposed. The device may include a container configured to accommodate a cooling medium, the container including a plurality of divided members each having a contact surface which is thermally coupled with the cooling medium. The device may also include a cooling generator configured to provide cooling energy to the container, and dis...