US Patent Issued to MEDELA on June 16 for "Breastpump unit and method of operation" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,932, issued on June 16, was assigned to MEDELA AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Breastpump unit and method of operation" was invented by Sebastian Honer (Zurich) and Jakub Piotr Pawlowski (Zug, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a breastpump unit for expression of human breastmilk and a breastpump unit. The breastpump unit having a pump assembly for generating vacuum pressure, a reservoir for receiving breastmilk, and a breast shield for sealing application to a breast to be pumped. The breast shield has a flexible inner chamber for receiving a nipple of the breast and a second chamber, in particular an outer c...