ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,374, issued on March 25, was assigned to Hyo Soon Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Breast pump" was invented by Hyo Soon Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jung Hee Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A breast pump is disclosed. According to an aspect of a present invention, there is provided the breast pump comprising a contact housing comprising a protruding part configured to correspond to a mother's nipple and extend toward a front; a cap connector coupled to cover the protruding part to form a first inner space; a funnel connector on the cap connector to form a second inner space; a linking pathway ...