ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,292, issued on July 29, was assigned to Willow Innovations Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Breast pump assembly" was invented by John Chang (Los Altos, Calif.), Joshua Makower (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), Brian Mason (Lexington, Mass.), Fred Co (Santa Clara, Calif.), Mathew Calmer (Sacramento, Calif.) and Arash Sabet (Walnut Creek, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure."
The patent was filed on Sept. 13, 2023, under Application N...