ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,603, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Sensor arrangement for a breast pump device and breast pump device using the sensor arrangement" was invented by Paul Christoph Hamelmann (Aachen, Germany), Michiel De Jong (Bergerac, France), Yannyk Parulian Julian Bourquin (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Adrianus Wilhelmus Dionisius Maria Van Den Bijgaart (Helvoirt, Netherlands), Babu Varghese (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Cornelis Bernardus Aloysius Wouters (Echt, Netherlands), Antonius Hermanus Maria Blom (Escharen, Netherlands) and Rene Dick Kragt (Gemonde, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office:...