ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,355, issued on April 29, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Thermal system with thermal pad filters" was invented by Andrew M. Bentz (Mattawan, Mich.) and Christopher John Hopper (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal pad is adapted to be placed in physical contact with a patient and to receive temperature controlled fluid from a thermal control unit. The temperature controlled fluid circulates through the thermal pad and controls the patient's temperature. The thermal pad includes first and second sheets that are sealed together about their periphery to define a fluid chamber there between. A fluid i...