US Patent Issued to MEDELA HOLDING on Sept. 29 for "Breast shield and breast shield unit" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,311, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MEDELA HOLDING AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Breast shield and breast shield unit" was invented by Carsten Faltum (Vitznau, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breast shield including a housing defining a nipple tunnel and adapted to receive a nipple, wherein the housing is provided with a milk port in communication with the nipple tunnel and a vacuum port in communication with the nipple tunnel. For allowing a tender accommodation of the human breast during the expression of milk the invention proposes an insert arranged within the housing and between the nipple tunnel and the milk port ...