US Patent Issued to Thermaquil, University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education on July 29 for "Apparatus and method for thermal blockade of nerves" (Pennsylvania, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,079, issued on July 29, was assigned to Thermaquil Inc. (Philadelphia) and University of Pittsburgh-Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education (Pittsburgh).

"Apparatus and method for thermal blockade of nerves" was invented by Stephen R. Popielarski (Devon, Pa.), Changfeng Tai (Wexford, Pa.) and Grant M. Chapman (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed include systems, methods, and apparatuses, directed to administering thermal neural modulation to mammalian tissue to control nerve conduction. Embodiments disclosed include an apparatus comprising a thermal energy source, a first heat exchanger coupled to...