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In 1971, Jacob Spencer of Nortech Laboratories submitted an application for the nation's first patent involving a flexible gel application for hot and cold therapy. Patent # 3,780,537 was granted in 1973 and the first Reusable Hot / Cold Gel Pack was born.

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