Patents
US 12491139 B2: Instrumented infant feeding bottle
- Granted
- 2025-12-09
- Filed
- 2022-12-19 application 18084166
- Type
- Utility · 3 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A feeding bottle includes a bottle enclosure defining a hollow bottle chamber, wherein the enclosure defines a feeding outlet at a first end and an attachment structure 26 at a second end. A bottom housing defines an instrument compartment extending between a closed exterior portion of the bottom housing and a separation surface within the bottom housing, wherein the bottom housing is configured for detachable connection to the attachment structure 26 of the bottle enclosure. A relief valve is positioned within the separation surface of the bottom housing. A pressure sensor is positioned adjacent the separation surface of the bottom housing and connected by a passageway to the instrument compartment in the bottom housing, wherein the pressure sensor is configured to detect changes of pressure in the bottle enclosure.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251209.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 193 patents | US company or organization | Tuscaloosa, AL | The University of Alabama College or university FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eduard S. Sazonov | Northport, AL | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Ariel A. Salas | Hoover, AL | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Paula Catherine Chandler-Laney | Birmingham, AL | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61J | Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes; devices or methods specially adapted for bringing pharmaceutical products into particular physical or administering forms; devices for administering food or medicines orally; baby comforters; devices for receiving spittle | A61J9/008 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A61B | Diagnosis; surgery; identification | A61B5/4205 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G01L | Measuring force, stress, torque, work, mechanical power, mechanical efficiency, or fluid pressure | G01L27/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-19 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | SAZONOV, EDUARD S. signed 2019-04-17 | THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA TUSCALOOSA, AL | 64947/59 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2023-09-19 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | CHANDLER-LANEY, PAULA CATHERINE signed 2018-11-29 SALAS, ARIEL A. signed 2018-12-11 | THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION BIRMINGHAM, AL | 64947/39 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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