ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,974, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Willow Innovations Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Breast pump systems and methods" was invented by Jenny Teng (Belmont, Calif.), Jason Chamberlain (Campbell, Calif.), Becky Scanlon (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), Elizabeth Ho (Milpitas, Calif.), Marvin Patel (Aptos, Calif.), John Chang (Los Altos, Calif.) and Jens Kuehner-Laguerre (Sunnyvale, 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."
The patent was filed on Dec. 14, 202...