ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,463, issued on May 6, was assigned to Secured Injury Devices Inc. (San Diego).
"Mechanism for automated injury stabilization and treatment" was invented by Jerry Mario Mabini (San Diego), Alex Balazs (San Diego) and Julian Banfield (Melbourne, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed that relate to a stabilization and cooling apparatus having a stabilizing structure with at least one inflatable chamber, the stabilizing structure configured to become semi-rigid upon inflation of the at least one inflatable chamber. A cooling structure is integrated with the stabilizing structure and includes a single-...