ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,525, issued on June 30, was assigned to Medernity Inc..

"Pacifier pump" was invented by Amin Akhlaghi (Great Falls, Va.) and Kyle Addison Knuppel (Littleton, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pacifier pump system is described herein. The pacifier pump system generally includes a housing or hub defining a receiving channel and having a first valve and a second valve, wherein the housing or hub is configured to be removably coupled to an opening defined within a pacifier. A reservoir tubing may be fluidly coupled to the receiving channel through the first valve which is configured to enable flow from the reservoir tubing into the ...