Methods of milk extraction that stimulate the breasts of lactating mothers to produce milk ejection

Abstract

A method for stimulating milk ejection from the mammary glands of a lactating woman includes: providing a sound playback device to generate auditory stimulation information, providing an audio-visual device to generate visual stimulation information, and providing a breast pump to generate tactile stimulation information and collect milk. The breast pump is installed on the lactating woman's breast and equipped with at least one deformable part that alternately inflates or deflates to press against the breast, providing tactile stimulation information that simulates infant breastfeeding. This allows the lactating woman's pituitary gland to directly receive multi-sensory stimulation information, producing prolactin or oxytocin, which promotes the production of milk ejection from the lactating woman's mammary glands. The milk is then collected and centrally processed using the breast pump.

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] This invention relates to a method for drawing milk, and more particularly to a method for drawing milk by stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to eject milk. [Background Technology]

[0002] Breastfeeding plays a vital role in an infant's survival, growth, and development. Because breast milk contains essential components for newborn brain development, and colostrum, in particular, contains antibodies that enhance an infant's resistance to disease and reduce allergy symptoms, most mothers know the benefits of breast milk. Therefore, to collect breast milk for their infants, mothers often use manual or electric breast pumps to collect the milk.

[0003] Furthermore, when breastfeeding mothers use breast pumps to collect milk, the continuous negative pressure generated during use can only temporarily drain the milk currently secreted by the breasts, resulting in a situation where there is no milk left to pump after a period of time. Continuing to pump will cause breast pain in women. Therefore, the problem of insufficient milk collection is an important research and development issue of this invention.

[0004] The present invention aims to solve the problem of how to stimulate the mammary glands of a breastfeeding mother to eject milk. Therefore, the present invention provides a method for stimulating the mammary glands of a breastfeeding mother to eject milk. This method utilizes multiple sensory stimulations of the breastfeeding mother to increase the secretion of natural "milk release". It continuously stimulates the pituitary gland to produce prolactin or oxytocin to induce lactation. This method achieves the goal of collecting milk with a breast pump while simultaneously stimulating multiple sensory stimulations of the breastfeeding mother to increase milk secretion, thus achieving the optimal milk extraction method. [Summary of the Invention]

[0005] The main objective of this invention is to provide a method for stimulating the milk ejection from the mammary glands of a lactating woman. This method utilizes a sound playback device to generate auditory stimulation information, or an audio-visual device to generate visual stimulation information, combined with tactile stimulation information generated by the breast pump itself. This stimulates the brain to produce prolactin or oxytocin, thus triggering a milk ejection reflex. Simultaneously, the breast pump collects the milk, providing an optimal method for milk extraction.

[0006] To achieve the above objectives, a preferred embodiment of this invention provides a method for stimulating a lactating woman's mammary glands to eject milk, comprising: providing a sound playback device to generate auditory stimulation information, allowing the lactating woman's pituitary gland to directly perceive the auditory stimulation information and produce prolactin or oxytocin, thereby promoting the lactating woman's mammary glands to eject milk; providing a breast pump to generate tactile stimulation information and collect milk, wherein the breast pump is installed on one of the lactating woman's breasts, and at least one deformable part is assembled on the breast pump to perform alternating inflation and deflation operations to press against the breast, providing tactile stimulation information to simulate an infant's breastfeeding state, allowing the lactating woman's pituitary gland to directly perceive the tactile stimulation information and produce prolactin or oxytocin, thereby promoting the lactating woman's mammary glands to eject milk; and collecting the milk through the breast pump for centralized processing.

[0007] To achieve the above objectives, another preferred embodiment of this invention provides a method for stimulating a lactating woman's mammary glands to eject milk, comprising: providing an audio-visual device to generate visual stimulation information, allowing the lactating woman's pituitary gland to directly perceive the visual stimulation information and produce prolactin or oxytocin, thereby promoting the lactating woman's mammary glands to eject milk; providing a breast pump to generate tactile stimulation information and collect milk, wherein the breast pump is installed on one of the lactating woman's breasts, and at least one deformable part is assembled on the breast pump to perform alternating inflation and deflation operations to press against the breast, providing tactile stimulation information to simulate an infant's breastfeeding state, allowing the lactating woman's pituitary gland to directly perceive the tactile stimulation information and produce prolactin or oxytocin, thereby promoting the lactating woman's mammary glands to eject milk; and collecting the milk through the breast pump for centralized processing. [Attached Image Description]

[0008] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a breast pump used in a method for stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to eject milk, according to the present invention.

[0009] Figure 2A This is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a breast pump, which is a first embodiment of the breast pumping method for stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to eject milk according to the present invention, from another perspective.

[0010] Figure 2B This is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a breast pump, which is a second embodiment of the breast pumping method for stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to eject milk according to the present invention, from another perspective.

[0011] Figure 3AThis is an exploded schematic diagram of the relevant components of a breast pump in a first embodiment of a breast pumping method for stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to eject milk, according to the present invention.

[0012] Figure 3B This is an exploded schematic diagram of the relevant components of a breast pump in a second embodiment of the present invention, which is a method for stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to eject milk.

[0013] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the breast pump cover of a breast pump for a method of stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to eject milk, according to the present invention.

[0014] Figure 5 This is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of a breast pump used in a method for stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to eject milk, according to the present invention.

[0015] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram illustrating the milk-drawing operation of a milk-drawing device used in the present invention, which is a method for stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to eject milk.

[0016] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram illustrating the pump operation control of a breast pump in a method for stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to eject milk, according to the present invention.

[0017] Figure 8A This is a schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention for stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to spray milk.

[0018] Figure 8B This is a schematic diagram of another preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method for stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to eject milk.

[0019] [Symbol Explanation]

[0020] 1: Main body

[0021] 11: Filling Space

[0022] 12: Opening

[0023] 13: Diaphragm groove

[0024] 14: Air port

[0025] 2: Breast-absorbing bra

[0026] 21: Bra band

[0027] 22: Nipple passage

[0028] 23: Connecting ring edge part

[0029] 24: Non-deformable support components

[0030] 25: Deformable variant

[0031] 26: Emulsion Export

[0032] 27: Diaphragm seat

[0033] 28: Negative pressure air inlet

[0034] 3A: First air pump

[0035] 3B: Second air pump

[0036] 31B: Inhalation end

[0037] 32B: Exhaust end

[0038] 3C: First valve control component

[0039] 3D: Second valve control component

[0040] 4: Duckbill valve

[0041] 5: Lotion container

[0042] 6: Interface Components

[0043] 7: Flexible diaphragm

[0044] B: Breasts

[0045] B1: First Pipeline

[0046] B2: Second pipeline

[0047] D1: First detector

[0048] D2: Second detector

[0049] H: Outflow channel

[0050] S1A, S2A, S1B, S2B: Methods

Detailed Implementation Methods

[0051] The embodiments that embody the features and advantages of this invention will be described in detail in the following description. It should be understood that this invention can have various variations in different forms, all of which do not depart from the scope of this invention, and the descriptions and illustrations herein are for illustrative purposes only and not intended to limit this invention.

[0052] This invention provides a method for stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to eject milk. It mainly uses a sound playback device to generate auditory stimulation information or an audio-visual device to generate visual stimulation information, combined with the tactile stimulation information generated by the breast pump itself, to stimulate the brain to produce prolactin or oxytocin, thereby triggering the milk ejection phenomenon. At the same time, the breast pump is used to collect the milk, providing an optimal milk extraction method.

[0053] Please see Figure 8AThis case illustrates a preferred method for stimulating the breast milk glands of lactating mothers to spray milk.

[0054] Method S1A provides a sound playback device to generate an auditory stimulus, which allows the pituitary gland of the lactating mother to directly perceive the auditory stimulus and produce prolactin or oxytocin, thereby promoting the production of milk ejection from the lactating mother's mammary glands.

[0055] Method S2A provides a breast pump that generates tactile stimulation and collects milk. The breast pump is installed on one breast of the lactating woman and is equipped with at least one deformable part that alternately inflates or deflates to press against the breast, providing tactile stimulation that simulates the state of infant breastfeeding. The lactating woman's pituitary gland directly senses the tactile stimulation and produces prolactin or oxytocin, which promotes the production of milk ejection from the lactating woman's mammary glands. The milk is collected by the breast pump for centralized processing.

[0056] It is worth noting that the sound playback device records or plays the sounds of a baby, such as crying, laughing, or suckling, prompting the breastfeeding mother to stimulate the pituitary gland to directly receive the auditory stimulus and produce prolactin or oxytocin, causing the breastfeeding mother's mammary glands to expel milk. The sound playback device can be a mobile phone, a radio, a portable player, etc., but is not limited thereto; any device with sound playback capabilities is an extension of this embodiment. Of course, the sound playback device can also be integrated into a breast pump to form a single unit, but is not limited thereto.

[0057] Please see Figure 8B This illustrates another preferred embodiment of the method for stimulating the breast milk glands of a lactating woman to eject milk.

[0058] Method S1B provides an audio-visual device that generates visual stimulation information, allowing the pituitary gland of the lactating mother to directly perceive the visual stimulation information and produce prolactin or oxytocin, thereby promoting the lactating mother's mammary glands to produce milk that is ejected.

[0059] Method S2B provides a breast pump that generates tactile stimulation and collects milk. The breast pump is installed on one breast of the lactating woman and is equipped with at least one deformable part that alternately inflates or deflates to press against the breast, providing tactile stimulation that simulates the state of infant breastfeeding. The lactating woman's pituitary gland directly senses the tactile stimulation and produces prolactin or oxytocin, which promotes the production of milk ejection from the lactating woman's mammary glands. The milk is collected by the breast pump for centralized processing.

[0060] It is worth noting that the audio-visual device emits images and sounds of the baby, prompting the breastfeeding mother to stimulate the pituitary gland to directly receive the visual stimulus information, thereby producing prolactin or oxytocin, causing the breastfeeding mother's mammary glands to expel milk. The audio-visual device can be a mobile phone, audio-visual projection device, virtual reality audio-visual projection device (VR device, AR device, MR device, VR glasses, etc.), television, laptop, tablet computer, etc., but is not limited thereto. Any device capable of playing and displaying audio-visual effects is an extension of the embodiments of this case. Of course, the audio-visual device can also be miniaturized and integrated into a breast pump to form a single device, but is not limited thereto.

[0061] As explained above, by using the sounds or videos of an infant suckling, and combining this with a breast pump installed on one of the breastfeeding mother's breasts to collect milk, and with the breast pump assembly equipped with at least one deformable part that alternately inflates or deflates to press against the breast, providing tactile stimulation information that simulates the infant's breastfeeding state, the breastfeeding mother herself also experiences tactile stimulation information. Thus, while breastfeeding, the breastfeeding mother not only experiences the tactile massage effect of the breast pump's deformable part alternating inflating or deflation pressing against the breast, but also receives a multi-sensory stimulation by playing the infant's voice through a sound playback device or displaying images of her own infant through an audio-visual device. This multi-sensory stimulation causes the breastfeeding mother's brain to produce prolactin or oxytocin, reflexively triggering lactation, allowing the mammary glands to continuously produce and expel milk for collection and processing, providing the best method for breastfeeding.

[0062] The following describes how the breast pump in this case is assembled with at least one deformable variant to perform alternating inflation and deflation operations to press against the breast, providing tactile stimulation information that simulates the state of breastfeeding an infant, and the structures of the first embodiment and the second embodiment of the breast pump.

[0063] See Figure 1 , Figure 2A , Figure 2B , Figure 3A , Figure 3B , Figure 4 , Figure 5 and Figure 6 As shown, the breast pump of the present invention mainly includes a main body 1, a breast suction shield 2, at least one air pump, a duckbill valve 4, a milk container 5, an interface assembly 6, and a flexible diaphragm 7.

[0064] The aforementioned main body 1 has a filling space 11; the aforementioned breast shield 2 is assembled into the filling space 11 and is detachably attached to the main body 1, having a breast shield edge 21 at the front end, and a nipple channel 22 extending from the rear center of the breast shield edge 21, and at least one deformable part 25 (e.g., ...) is provided at a connecting ring edge 23 between the breast shield edge 21 and the nipple channel 22. Figure 5 and Figure 6 As shown), the deformable part 25 is inflated and deflated by an air pump. In the first embodiment of the breast pump, the deformable part 25 is inflated and deflated by an air pump, which can be a first air pump 3A of the first embodiment; or, in the second embodiment of the breast pump, the deformable part 25 is inflated and deflated by an air pump, which can be a second air pump 3B of the second embodiment. The breast shield 2 is made of a transparent and rigid or semi-rigid material. The breast shield edge 21 is made of a flexible material, shaped to fit and seal the breast B, but is not limited thereto. The deformable part 25 is a flexible material that can expand to inflate or contract to deflate, or it can be a silicone material, or it can be a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) material. In this specific embodiment, the deformable part 25 is an airbag that can expand to inflate or contract to deflate, but it is not limited thereto.

[0065] Furthermore, each deformable variant 25 has a corresponding non-deformable support 24 at a location corresponding to the connecting ring edge portion 23. The actual number of deformable variants 25 and non-deformable support 24 can be adjusted according to actual design requirements. Among them, the non-deformable support 24 is made of a semi-rigid material and can be in the form of a flange structure, but is not limited thereto.

[0066] Please see again Figure 1 As shown, the filling space 11 of the main body 1 includes an opening 12 and a diaphragm groove 13, wherein the diaphragm groove 13 is connected to an air port 14. For example... Figure 4 As shown, the breast shield 2 described above has a diaphragm seat 27 disposed outside the breast edge 21, and as... Figure 5 and Figure 6As shown, the diaphragm seat 27 is equipped with a negative pressure air port 28 connecting to the nipple channel 22. The flexible diaphragm 7 is assembled and positioned in the diaphragm seat 27, and the breast suction cup 2 is correspondingly assembled and attached to the filling space 11 of the main body 1, forming a diaphragm seat 27 connected to the diaphragm groove 13 for complete sealing. The flexible diaphragm 7 is assembled and positioned between the diaphragm seat 27 and the diaphragm groove 13; and the nipple channel 22 of the breast suction cup 2 has a milk outlet 26 corresponding to the opening 12 of the main body 1, and the milk container 5 is installed at the bottom of the main body 1, and as... Figure 2A and Figure 2B As shown, an interface component 6 is disposed between the bottom of the main body 1 and the emulsion container 5, so that the emulsion container 5 can be installed and positioned in accordance with the interface component 6, and the emulsion container 5 is aligned with the emulsion outlet 26 of the nipple channel 22 to form an outflow channel H (e.g., Figure 5 and Figure 6 (As shown).

[0067] like Figure 5 and Figure 6 As shown, the duckbill valve 4 is positioned at the emulsion outlet 26 of the nipple channel 22. When the emulsion is in the nipple channel 22, it flows into the duckbill valve 4 through the emulsion outlet 26, causing the duckbill valve 4 to open automatically, allowing the emulsion to flow smoothly into the outflow channel H and then into the emulsion container 5 for collection. When no emulsion flows into the duckbill valve 4, it closes to prevent the emulsion in the emulsion container 5 from flowing back to the emulsion outlet 26 of the nipple channel 22.

[0068] In the first embodiment of the breast pump in this case, such as Figure 2A and Figure 3A As shown, air port 14 is connected to a second air pump 3B outside the filling space 11 via a second pipe B2. The first air pump 3A is connected to the deformable part 25 via a first pipe B1. Therefore, the milk pump of the first embodiment of this invention generates a negative pressure suction force through the second air pump 3B, which is transmitted to the diaphragm groove 13, causing the flexible diaphragm 7 to deform between the diaphragm seat 27 and the diaphragm groove 13, also generating a negative pressure suction force. This negative pressure suction force is then generated in the nipple channel 22 through the negative pressure air port 28. Figure 6 As shown, placing breast B on nipple channel 22 will result in a negative pressure suction effect, thus performing a milk-drawing operation. The aforementioned second air pump 3B can also be installed in the second pipeline B2 in multiple series and / or parallel configurations, but is not limited thereto. In some specific embodiments, the aforementioned first air pump 3A can be installed in the first pipeline B1 in multiple series and / or parallel configurations, but is not limited thereto.

[0069] In the first embodiment of the milk pump in this case, the first air pump 3A operates by inflating the deformable shape 25 when driven and automatically deflating the deformable shape 25 when not driven. When the first air pump 3A is driven, the deformable shape 25 expands due to the inflation of gas. When the first air pump 3A is not driven, the gas that has expanded inside the deformable shape 25 flows back to the first air pump 3A through the first pipe B1 to automatically deflate the gas. The first air pump 3A or the second air pump 3B can be a piezoelectric pump, or an electric pump. The electric pump can also be an output device of an air pump driven by a motor, pneumatic pump, or electromagnetic pump, but is not limited thereto.

[0070] Therefore, as Figure 5 and Figure 6 As shown, the breast shield 21 of the breast shield 2 is installed on the breast of the breastfeeding mother, and the breast B is placed on the nipple channel 22. In this way, the breast B is controlled by the first air pump 3A to alternately inflate and deflate through the deformable part 25 to press against the breast of the woman. In conjunction with the non-deformable support 24 corresponding to the deformable part 25, the non-deformable support 24 and the deformable part 25 correspond to each other to hold and press against the breast of the woman, just like an infant "sucking" or "licking" the breast of the woman, completely simulating the action of an infant sucking milk. This can form the natural "milk release" experienced when starting breastfeeding and reflexively cause the lactation phenomenon, that is, continuously stimulate the brain to produce prolactin or oxytocin, causing the mammary glands of the breast B to produce milk.

[0071] For example Figure 5 and Figure 6 As shown, a first detector D1 is disposed at the rear edge of the nipple channel 22 of the breast shield 2 to detect whether milk is ejected from the breast B, thereby determining whether the mammary glands of breast B are in a state of no milk being expressed. Alternatively, a second detector D2 can be disposed around the periphery of the outflow channel H to detect whether milk flows out of the outflow channel H from the nipple channel 22, thereby determining whether the mammary glands of breast B are in a state of no milk being expressed.

[0072] When the first detector D1 or the second detector D2 detects that there is no milk being expressed from the mammary glands of breast B, the first air pump 3A is activated to control the alternating inflation and deflation of the deformable variant 25 to press against breast B. This is combined with the non-deformable support 24 corresponding to the deformable variant 25. The non-deformable support 24 and the deformable variant 25 correspond to each other, holding and pressing against breast B, just like an infant "sucking" or "licking" a woman's breast B, completely simulating the action of an infant sucking milk, stimulating breast B, and causing the mammary glands to expel milk.

[0073] As described above, by using the sounds or videos of an infant suckling, and in conjunction with the breast pump of the first embodiment of this case installed on one of the breastfeeding mothers to collect milk, and with the breast pump assembly equipped with at least one deformable part that alternately inflates or deflates to press against the breast, providing tactile stimulation information that simulates the state of infant breastfeeding, the breastfeeding mother herself also experiences tactile stimulation information. Thus, while breastfeeding, the breastfeeding mother not only experiences the tactile massage effect of the breast pump's deformable part alternating inflating or deflation pressing against the breast, but also receives the sound of an infant played through a sound playback device, or the image of her own infant played through an audio-visual device. This achieves a multi-sensory stimulation that stimulates the breastfeeding mother's brain to produce prolactin or oxytocin, reflexively inducing lactation, allowing the mammary glands to continuously produce and expel milk for collection and processing, providing the best method for breastfeeding.

[0074] Next, in the second embodiment of the breast pump in this case, such as Figure 2B , Figure 3B and Figure 7 As shown, the second air pump 3B has an intake end 31B and an outlet end 32B. The intake end 31B is controlled by a first valve control element 3C to draw in milk, creating a negative pressure in the nipple channel 22. The outlet end 32B is controlled by a second valve control element 3D to release air, allowing the deformable body 25 to inflate or deflate. The deformation of the deformable body 25 is controlled by the second air pump 3B for inflation and deflation, omitting the first air pump 3A. The control method uses only the second air pump 3B in conjunction with the first valve control element 3C and the second valve control element 3D to provide negative pressure for milk intake and control the inflation and deflation of the deformable body 25.

[0075] like Figure 4 , Figure 5 and Figure 7 As shown, the air port 14 of the diaphragm groove 13 is connected to the first valve control component 3C via the second pipe B2. The suction end 31B of the second air pump 3B is connected to the first valve control component 3C via the second pipe B2, and the exhaust end 32B is connected to the second valve control component 3D via the second pipe B2. The second valve control component 3D is connected to the deformable variant 25 via the second pipe B2. Multiple second air pumps 3B can be installed in the second pipe B2 in series or in parallel, but are not limited thereto. The second air pump 3B can be a piezoelectric pump or an electric pump. The electric pump can also be an output device of an air pump driven by a motor, pneumatic pump, or electromagnetic pump, but is not limited thereto. The first valve control component 3C can be a solenoid valve, and the second valve control component 3D can also be a solenoid valve, but is not limited thereto.

[0076] As can be seen from the above explanation, if Figure 6 and Figure 7 As shown, the breast shield 2's breast flange 21 is installed on the breast of the breastfeeding mother, and the breast B is placed on the nipple channel 22. When the second air pump 3B operates, the suction end 31B of the second air pump 3B is controlled by the first valve control element 3C to draw in and form a negative pressure suction force, which is transmitted to the diaphragm groove 13. This causes the flexible diaphragm 7, which is assembled and positioned between the diaphragm seat 27 and the diaphragm groove 13, to deform, also generating a negative pressure suction force. This negative pressure suction force is then generated in the nipple channel 22 through the negative pressure air port 28. Thus, the breast B is placed on the nipple channel 22, and the negative pressure suction force formed by the nipple channel 22 can perform a milk-drawing operation on the breast B. When the second air pump 3B operates, the air outlet 32B of the second air pump 3B is controlled by the second valve control element 3D to allow air to enter or not enter, causing the deformable body 25 to expand due to the inflation of gas, or allowing the deformable body 25 to deflate without gas entering. The deformable variant 25 can perform alternating inflation and deflation operations to press against the breast B, performing a sucking action similar to an infant "licking" and pressing against the female breast B; or, the deformable variant 25 can be controlled by the air outlet 32B of the second air pump 3B through the second valve control element 3D to achieve alternating inflation and deflation operations to press against the female breast B. In conjunction with the non-deformable support element 24 corresponding to the deformable variant 25, the non-deformable support element 24 and the deformable variant 25 correspond to each other to hold and press against the breast B, just like an infant "holding" or "licking" the female breast B, completely simulating the action of an infant sucking. This can constitute the natural "milk release" experienced when starting breastfeeding and reflexively cause lactation, that is, continuously stimulating the brain to produce prolactin or oxytocin to produce milk, stimulating the breast B, and causing the mammary glands to spray out milk.

[0077] When the first detector D1 and the second detector D2 determine that there is no milk being expressed from the mammary glands of breast B, the second air pump 3B is activated. The second valve control element 3D controls the deformable shape 25 to alternately press against breast B through the inflation and deflation of the second air pump 3B, mimicking an infant "licking" breast B and stimulating the mammary glands to expel milk. Furthermore, the alternating inflation and deflation of the second air pump 3B by the second valve control element 3D, combined with the corresponding setting of the non-deformable support element 24, and the mutual support and pressure of the non-deformable support element 24 and the deformable shape 25 against breast B, mimics the action of an infant "holding" or "licking" breast B, completely simulating the action of an infant sucking, stimulating breast B, and causing the mammary glands to expel milk.

[0078] As described above, by using the sounds or videos of an infant suckling, and in conjunction with the breast pump of the second embodiment of this case installed on one of the breastfeeding mothers to collect milk, and with the breast pump assembly equipped with at least one deformable part that alternately inflates or deflates to press against the breast, providing tactile stimulation information that simulates the state of infant breastfeeding, the breastfeeding mother herself also experiences tactile stimulation information. Thus, while breastfeeding, the breastfeeding mother not only experiences the tactile massage effect of the breast pump's deformable part alternating inflating or deflation pressing against the breast, but also receives the sound of an infant played through a sound playback device, or the image of her own infant played through an audio-visual device. This achieves a multi-sensory stimulation that stimulates the breastfeeding mother's brain to produce prolactin or oxytocin, reflexively inducing lactation, allowing the mammary glands to continuously produce and expel milk for collection and processing, providing the best method for breastfeeding.

[0079] In summary, this invention provides a method for stimulating the mammary glands of a lactating woman to eject milk. It employs a sound playback device to generate auditory stimulation or an audio-visual device to generate visual stimulation, combined with tactile stimulation generated by the breast pump itself. This stimulates the brain to produce prolactin or oxytocin, reflexively inducing lactation. Simultaneously, the breast pump collects the milk, providing an optimal milk extraction method with significant industrial practical value.

Claims

1. A method for stimulating a breast of a mammal to eject a milk solution, comprising: providing an audio device to generate an audible stimulation to directly stimulate a pituitary gland of a mammal to produce prolactin or oxytocin to stimulate a breast of the mammal to eject a milk solution; providing a breast pump to generate a tactile stimulation and to collect the milk solution, the breast pump being configured to be attached to a breast of the mammal, the breast pump comprising a breast shield having a breast shield rim at a front end of the breast shield, the breast shield rim having a nipple passage extending from a rear end of the breast shield rim, the breast shield rim and the nipple passage having a connecting ring portion therebetween, the connecting ring portion having at least one deformable member configured to be inflated and deflated to compress the breast, each of the deformable members having a non-deformable support member disposed at a corresponding position of the connecting ring portion, the deformable members being configured to compress the breast in cooperation with the non-deformable support members to simulate a state of a baby suckling to generate the tactile stimulation to directly stimulate the pituitary gland of the mammal to produce prolactin or oxytocin to stimulate the breast of the mammal to eject the milk solution, the breast pump being configured to collect the milk solution to be collected and processed.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the stimulating the ejection of the milk from the mammary glands of the mammal comprises, the audio device being configured to play or record a sound of a baby to stimulate the pituitary gland of the mammal to produce prolactin or oxytocin to stimulate the breast of the mammal to eject the milk solution.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the stimulating the ejection of the milk from the mammary glands of the mammal comprises, the breast pump comprising: a main body having a filling space; the breast shield being configured to be detachably attached to the main body in the filling space, the deformable members being configured to be inflated and deflated by a gas pump.

4. A method for stimulating a breast of a mammal to eject a milk solution, comprising: providing a video device to generate a visual stimulation to directly stimulate a pituitary gland of a mammal to produce prolactin or oxytocin to stimulate a breast of the mammal to eject a milk solution; A breast pump is provided to generate a tactile stimulation information and to collect the milk, the breast pump is installed on a breast of a lactating woman, the breast pump comprises a breast cup, the breast cup has a breast cup rim at a front end, a nipple passage extends from a center of the breast cup rim to a rear end, at least one deformable body is arranged at a connecting ring rim portion between the breast cup rim and the nipple passage, the deformable body is inflated and deflated alternately to press the breast, each deformable body is provided with an undeformable support at a corresponding position of the connecting ring rim portion, the deformable body and the undeformable support correspond to each other to hold and press the breast of the lactating woman, a state of a baby sucking milk is simulated to generate the tactile stimulation information, the pituitary gland of the lactating woman directly receives the tactile stimulation information to generate prolactin or oxytocin, the mammary glands of the lactating woman are promoted to eject the milk, the milk is collected by the breast pump to be collected and processed.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the stimulating the ejection of the milk from the mammary glands of the mammal comprises, The video and audio device emits images and sounds of a baby, the lactating woman is stimulated to directly receive the visual stimulation information by the pituitary gland to generate prolactin or oxytocin, the mammary glands of the lactating woman eject the milk.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the stimulating the ejection of the milk from the mammary glands of the mammal comprises, The breast pump comprises: A main body has a filling space; The breast cup is correspondingly arranged in the filling space to be detachably attached to the main body, the deformable body is inflated and deflated by a gas pump.

7. The method of claim 3 or 6, wherein the stimulating the ejection of the milk from the mammary glands of the mammal comprises, The gas pump is a piezoelectric pump.

8. The method of claim 3 or 6, wherein the stimulating the ejection of the milk from the mammary glands of the mammal comprises, The gas pump is an electric pump.

9. The method of claim 3 or 6, wherein the stimulating the ejection of the milk from the mammary glands of the mammal comprises, The gas pump is installed in a series mode.

10. The method of claim 3 or 6, wherein the stimulating the ejection of the milk from the mammary glands of the mammal comprises, The gas pump is installed in a parallel mode.

11. The method of claim 3 or 6, wherein the stimulating the ejection of the milk from the mammary glands of the mammal comprises, The deformable body is a flexible material.

12. The method of claim 3 or 6, wherein the stimulating the mammary gland of the mammal to eject the milk emulsion is performed by, The deformable body is a silica gel material.

13. The method of claim 3 or 6, wherein the stimulating the mammary gland of the mammal to eject the milk emulsion comprises, The deformable body is a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) material.

14. The method of claim 3 or 6, wherein the stimulating the mammary gland of the mammal to eject the milk emulsion is performed by, The deformable body is an air bag.

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