ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,340, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Thermal system with overshoot reduction" was invented by Gregory S. Taylor (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Marko N. Kostic (Oshawa, Canada) and Christopher John Hopper (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal control unit for controlling a patient's temperature includes a fluid outlet for delivering temperature-controlled fluid to a patient, a pump, a heat exchanger, and a controller that automatically pauses thermal treatment of the patient prior the patient reaching a target temperature. During the pause, the controller assesses a reaction of the patient...