ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,556, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Innovative Therapeutix Inc. (Louisville, Ky.).

"Infant feeding reinforcement system" was invented by Michael Detmer (Louisville, Ky.) and Rebekah Gossom (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for feeding reinforcement includes at least one sensor, a control system, a speaker, and a control switch. The at least one sensor is configured to generate physiological data. The control system is configured to analyze the physiological data to detect one or more feeding events. The speaker is configured to render audio content. The control switch is movable between at least a first pos...