ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,208, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MOXXLY LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Sensor network for breast pumping mothers" was invented by Gabrielle V. Guthrie (San Francisco), Santhi Analytis (San Francisco), Cara C. Delzer (San Francisco), Sam Cuttriss (Oakland, Calif.), Wisit Jirattigalachote (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Paul Alan Wetter (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a breast pump sensor network. The breast pump sensor network includes an emitter disposed within a bodily fluid capture system and a detector disposed within the bodily fluid capture system. Further disclosed is a method for controlling the breast pump ...