ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,439, issued on June 23, was assigned to MEDELA AG (Baar, Switzerland).
"Method for regulating the operation of a milk pump" was invented by Danielle Prime (Lucerne, Switzerland) and Leon Mitoulas (Stirling Wa, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for regulating the operation of a milk pump by applying a vacuum by means of a vacuum source operatively coupled with a control for controlling the operation of the vacuum source and aims to provide such method for pumping milk form the breast of a nursing mother which is able to provide sufficient yield of milk without adversely affecting the br...