ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,906, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Teleflex Life Sciences LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Device for treating bleeding" was invented by Brian R. DuBois (Redwood City, Calif.), Luke Christopher Raymond (Redwood City, Calif.), Wei Liang (Redwood City, Calif.), Vladimir Gusiatnikov (Redwood City, Calif.), Johan Oscar Lennart Andreasson (Redwood City, Calif.) and Bang Quoc Vu (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for treating internal bleeding via application of a heated irrigant, such that the heated irrigant is delivered at a flow rate of between 2 cc/s and 12 cc/s and at a temperature of between 46 degrees Celsiu...