2results about "Breast-nipple shields" patented technology

Provided is a passive breast milk collector (10) for collecting milk from a mother's breast. The breast milk collector comprises a container (11). The breast milk collector is attachable to the breast to enable at least part of the breast to be subjected to an under-pressure created following compression of the container. The container is compressible along a compression axis (CD) to enable the under-pressure to be created. The container is partly delimited by a wall portion (11A), e.g. a rigid wall portion, that is coupled to a resiliently deformable assembly (11B; 12, 13, 14, 15). The container is compressible by displacement of the wall portion along the compression axis against a restoring force of the resiliently deformable assembly that is deformed during the displacement of the wall portion.

Disclosed herein are devices, kits and methods relating to the collection and analysis of a biofluid from a mammary gland of a subject. Exemplary embodiments can include a pad with fluidic channels to collect the biofluid and one or more sensors to analyze the biofluid. The pad may comprise a plurality of layers, and may be an integral part of the device or an existing pad to which the device is coupled. The pad may also comprise one or more cutouts that extend partially or completely through the one or more layers of the device to allow the pad to conform to the shape of the mammary gland.