US Patent Issued to MEDELA HOLDING on Dec. 30 for "Capacitive sensor for determining a fluid level in a container" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,395, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MEDELA HOLDING AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Capacitive sensor for determining a fluid level in a container" was invented by Natalie Stevens (McHenry, Ill.), Martin Thuring (Merenschwand, Switzerland) and James Keclik (McHenry, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure generally relates to a capacitive sensor for determining a fluid level in a milk container. In one embodiment, the capacitive sensor may be attached to a milk container of a breast pump device. The breast pump may include a breast shield adapted to at least in part receive a breast of a lactating user, an aggregate for gener...