ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,761, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to University of Washington (Seattle).
"Mammalian thermal manikin" was invented by Shahram Aarabi (Seattle), Jason Germany (Seattle), Abhijith Shasheendra (Seattle) and Ketan Sunil Mhetre (Seattle).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermally representative phantom mammalian manikin assembly is provided. The assembly can include a cover portion representative of mammalian tissue partially enclosing a thermal cavity having a thermally representative material therein. The cover portion can have an opening with a cap extending across the opening and configured to further enclose the thermal cavity. The ...