ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,839, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Ft. Detrick, Md.).

"Method for estimating core body temperature" was invented by Mark Jonathan Buller (Douglas, Mass.) and David Patrick Looney (Framingham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention in at least one embodiment includes a method for determining the core body temperature of a person by determining an initial core body temperature and heart rate of said person; providing the initial core body temperature and heart rate of the person to a processor; and calculating a predicted core body temp...