US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Sept. 15 for "Expression assembly for a breast pump and a breast pump having the expression assembly" (Dutch, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,280, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Expression assembly for a breast pump and a breast pump having the expression assembly" was invented by Gijsbert Hendrik Van Veldhuizen (Groningen, Netherlands), Camiel Gubbels (Nederweert-Eind, Netherlands), Coen Petrus Martinus Claassen (Lommel, Belgium) and Christoph Dobrusskin (Nuenen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expression assembly for breast pump comprises a diaphragm, a cover over the diaphragm to define a sealed space between them, and a breast shield to which the cover and diaphragm are coupled. The diaphragm defin...