ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,326, issued on June 3, was assigned to Vivonics Inc. (Bedford, Mass.) and Liberating Technologies Inc. (Holliston, Mass.).

"Cooling system and method for a prosthetic socket" was invented by Ryan Myers (North Andover, Mass.), Kristen LeRoy (Waltham, Mass.), Ian Cohen (Boulder, Colo.), Gordon B. Hirschman (Cohoes, N.Y.), Thane R. Hunt (Colchester, Conn.), Kevin E. Keough (Sharon, Mass.), Carlos Martinez Luna (Boylston, Mass.), Todd R. Farrell (Waltham, Mass.), Jennifer L. Johansson (Wayland, Mass.) and Brendan LaBrecque (Middleton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic socket cooling system and method includes a thermally c...