ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,220, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Solventum Intellectual Properties Co. (Maplewood, Minn.).

"Core body temperature device and system" was invented by Philip G. Dion (Blaine, Minn.), Daniel P. Doran (Minneapolis), Marc A. Egeland (St. Paul, Minn.), Jay R. Goetz (Deephaven, Minn.), Jenna L. Lindsay (Woodbury, Minn.), Glenn R. Maharaj (Minneapolis) and John R. Stark (St. Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a temperature device including a flexible substrate, and an electrical circuit on a surface of the flexible substrate, the electrical circuit including a heater element having a...