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160 results about "Areola" patented technology

The human areola (areola mammae, /əˈriːələ/ or /æriˈoʊlə/) is the pigmented area on the breast around the nipple. Areola, more generally, is a small circular area on the body with a different histology from the surrounding tissue, or other small circular areas such as an inflamed region of skin.

Implantable prosthesis for periareolar mastopexy

An implantable prosthesis for use in periareolar mastopexy. The prosthesis may constructed of a prosthetic or biological mesh material, or a biodegradable / resorbable material, and may be either annular or frusto-conical in shape. An aperture of the prosthesis is sized to surround an areola upon implantation. The prosthesis may include a plurality of teeth, extending outwardly from a top surface of the prosthesis, and canted generally towards an apex of the prosthesis. The implantable prosthesis permits a resorbable, rather than a nonresorbable suture to be used in the periareolar mastopexy procedure.
Owner:FRANK ROBERT E

Bottle assembly

InactiveUS20050056610A1Facilitates feeding and cleaning and manufactureFacilitates use and assembly and storageBottlesLarge containersEngineeringAreola
A bottle assembly is provided. The bottle has inner and outer bodies that are selectively engageable and form a space therebetween for insulation by air. The inner and outer bottles can be selectively secured by a deformable collar. The bottle assembly may have a vented nipple that promotes latch-on to an areola region of the nipple.
Owner:PLAYTEX PROD INC

Nipple

A nipple simulating the shape and function of a woman's breast is provided. The nipple has a stem and a base. The nipple preferably has a securing structure integrally formed to the base. The base has an areola region and a bulbous region. The areola region is positioned between the stem and the bulbous region, and is designed to simulate the shape of the areola region of a woman's breast. The bulbous region is positioned between the areola region and the securing structure, and is designed to simulate the shape of the region of a woman's breast surrounding the areola region.
Owner:ANGELCARE FEEDING USA LLC

Breast pump

A breast pump, for example a manual or mechanical breast pump, that provides massaging to the areola and / or milk lake region of the breast sequentially or simultaneously. The breast pump, for example, features an actuator that provides both positive and negative pressure during a single stroke. Flexible membranes within the funnel of the breast pump inflate to massage the breast, especially the nipple and milk lake regions.
Owner:NUK USA

Compositions and Methods for Localized Drug Delivery through Mammary Papillae

The invention provides compositions and methods for the prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of conditions affecting breast tissue. The compositions can include one or more therapeutic agents or diagnostic agents, and an effective carrier. The composition can be specifically adapted for transdermal permeation through the mammary papilla, areola, or a combination thereof, and into underlying breast tissue.
Owner:SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

Electrical breast pump and flexible breast cup system

A breast pump with a speed, a maximum vacuum, and a minimum vacuum combined with a selectively collapsing breast cup mimics the action of a suckling infant. The speed and maximum vacuum are user selectable to adjust the pump to the particular user. The breast cup is made of a flexible material with a thickness designed to first collapse around the areola area of a breast to mimic an action of a suckling infant.
Owner:LIMERICK LTD

Reclining breast pumping system

ActiveUS20060116632A1Strong connectionFacilitates gravity-induced flow of milkMilking pumpMedical devicesAreolaBreast pumping
A disclosed reclining breast pumping system includes a breast shield that forms a passageway. Material of the breast shield adjacent to a first end of the passageway is shaped to fit over an area surrounding the areola and nipple of a woman's breast. Material of the breast shield that extends from a second end of the passageway is formed into a tube. When the breast shield is fitted onto a woman's breast, the part of the passageway closest to but not touching the nipple of the breast extends in a direction that is non-perpendicular to the areola. Variations and methods are also disclosed.
Owner:GILLAN JONATHAN C

Nipple/Areola Protective Cover

A protective cover for nipples and areolas employable during nipple or breast reconstructive surgery. The device has an axial cavity in a central portion of a resilient body employable for placement about the nipple or reconstructed nipple therein. The device is infinitely customizable in axial cavity diameter and vertical height by means of one or a plurality of removably engaged central portions.
Owner:POLLACK LARRY H

Garment with breast implant stabilizers

InactiveUS7909675B1Achieve stabilityAid in healing transformationBreast bandagesBrassieresBreast implantAreola
A breast garment for stabilizing breast implants includes a body surrounding the wearer's mid to upper torso, left and right built-in implant stabilizers positioned at the front of the body for applying medium to firm downward and lateral pressure on a wearer's breasts, and an adjustable front closure provided at the front edges of the body for making the body tighter or loose for adjusting the amount of downward and lateral pressure. The implant stabilizers have top, bottom, front, and back edges, with a cut-out in the front edge shaped to permit the areole and surrounding area of the breast to protrude therethrough. The body and the implant stabilizers are made of a stretch compressive fabric.
Owner:RAINEY APPAREL MFG

Milking device

Provided is a breast pump for the mother's milk, which makes it possible to obtain universal milk expression data without being affected by an individual difference, for example. The breast pump is composed of a collection container, a milk expressing member, and a negative pressure source for producing pulsated negative pressure. The milk expressing member is provided at an end with a teat cup and at an opposite end with a connector plug to the negative pressure source. The milk expressing member is divided by a partition plate. A flexible teat cup liner is replaceably fitted in the teat cup, and configured to be brought into contact with an areola and nipple of a breast.
Owner:NIHON UNIVERSITY

Methods and Composition for Soft Tissue Feature Reconstruction

InactiveUS20070270948A1Improve growth supporting propertyImprove abilitiesMammary implantsSkin implantsFiberBiopolymer
This present invention describes methods and compositions useful for the reconstruction of various soft tissue features such as lips, areola, and many other features by taking a mold of the skin feature to be replaced, such as the areola, prior to surgical resection, re-creating the size and shape of the soft tissue feature, for example, the nipple and areola, and making a polymer or biopolymer scaffold that is biocompatible, has the ability to allow the epithelization of the skin cells over the polymer, the capability of cell integration into the body of the scaffold, as well as the capability of infiltration of surrounding nerve fibers into the substance of the scaffold, so that the patient may have the benefit of a reconstructed soft tissue feature that not only has the same size and shape and appearance as the native tissue, but also has functional sensation.
Owner:CELLULAR BIOENG

Vented bottle

InactiveUS20050035078A1Reduces and eliminates gasGasFeeding-bottlesTeatsMedicineAreola
A vented bottle is provided. The vent is remote from the nipple. The bottle has a nipple simulating the shape, surface geometry and function of a woman's breast is provided. The nipple has a stem and a base. The base can have an areola region and a bulbous region. The areola region is positioned between the stem and the bulbous region, and can simulate the areola of a woman's breast. The bulbous region can simulate the region of a woman's breast surrounding the areola. The areola region can have a texture or surface geometry that is different from the texture or surface geometry of the stem or bulbous region.
Owner:JMBH HLDG LLC

Nipple

A nipple simulating the shape, surface geometry and function of a woman's breast is provided. The nipple has a stem and a base. The base has an areola region and a bulbous region. The areola region is positioned between the stem and the bulbous region, and can simulate the areola of a woman's breast. The bulbous region can simulate the region of a woman's breast surrounding the areola. The areola region has a texture or surface geometry that is different from the texture or surface geometry of the stem or bulbous region.
Owner:PLAYTEX PROD INC

Bottle assembly

InactiveUS7669725B2Facilitates feeding and cleaning and manufactureFacilitates use and assembly and storageBottlesFeeding-bottlesAreolaBottle
A bottle assembly is provided. The bottle has inner and outer bodies that are selectively engageable and form a space therebetween for insulation by air. The inner and outer bottles can be selectively secured by a deformable collar. The bottle assembly may have a vented nipple that promotes latch-on to an areola region of the nipple.
Owner:PLAYTEX PROD INC

Nipple

A nipple simulating the shape and function of a woman's breast is provided. The nipple has a stem and a base. The nipple preferably has a securing structure integrally formed to the base. The base has an areola region and a bulbous region. The areola region is positioned between the stem and the bulbous region, and is designed to simulate the shape of the areola region of a woman's breast. The bulbous region is positioned between the areola region and the securing structure, and is designed to simulate the shape of the region of a woman's breast surrounding the areola region.
Owner:ANGELCARE FEEDING USA LLC

Nipple

A nipple simulating the shape, surface geometry and function of a woman's breast is provided. The nipple has a stem and a base. The base has an areola region and a bulbous region. The areola region is positioned between the stem and the bulbous region, and can simulate the areola of a woman's breast. The bulbous region can simulate the region of a woman's breast surrounding the areola. The areola region has a texture or surface geometry that is different from the texture or surface geometry of the stem or bulbous region.
Owner:PLAYTEX PROD INC

Nipple

A nipple simulating the shape and function of a woman's breast is provided. The nipple has a stem and a base. The nipple preferably has a securing structure integrally formed to the base. The base has an areola region and a bulbous region. The areola region is positioned between the stem and the bulbous region, and is designed to simulate the shape of the areola region of a woman's breast. The bulbous region is positioned between the areola region and the securing structure, and is designed to simulate the shape of the region of a woman's breast surrounding the areola region.
Owner:PLAYTEX PROD INC +1

Full contour breast implant

Full contour absorbable implants for breast surgery redistribute breast volume between the breast's upper and lower poles in exact and desirable ratios. The implants preferably redistribute breast volume so that the upper pole breast volume is 20-40% of the total volume, and the lower pole breast volume is 60-80% of the total volume. The implants are also designed to provide specific curvatures to the poles of the breast, and to angulate the nipple areolar complex slightly skyward so that the patient's nipple is positioned at an angle above the nipple meridian reference line. The implants are designed to be transitory, with sufficient strength retention to allow transition from support of the breast by the implant to support by regenerated host tissue growing in and around the implants, without any significant loss of support during or subsequent to remodeling. The implants may optionally be used with permanent breast implants.
Owner:TEPHA INC

Device for non-surgical correction of congenital inverted nipples and/or collection of nipple aspirate fluid

InactiveUS20060178601A1Increase partial vacuumEasy to collectPneumatic massageMilking pumpEngineeringAreola
The invention is an apparatus (10) for treating inverted nipples and / or the collection of NAF. The invention includes an assembly which creates an airtight seal upon attachment to at least an areola (16) of an inverted nipple (18) and by rotation of a part thereof draws a partial vacuum to apply an outward force to the nipple; and a syringe (26) including a curved longitudinal axis (28), the syringe being carried by the assembly and being in fluid communication with a chamber (24) of the assembly upon attachment of the assembly to at least an areola of an inverted nipple, the syringe including a plunger (30) which is sealed against an inner surface (34) of the syringe and is rotatable to move along the longitudinal axis relative to the chamber which moves the plunger within a syringe body to expel air from the syringe body away from the chamber upon rotation of the plunger in a first direction and to aspirate air from the chamber upon attachment of the apparatus to the breast surrounding the nipple upon rotation in a second direction opposite to the first direction to create a partial vacuum within the chamber to evert the nipple.
Owner:WANG PAUL C +1

Brassiere configured to receive breast pump receptacle

A bra configured to assist a user in providing support for at least a portion of the components of a breast pump during the milk extraction process. The bra further includes a stretchable strap that circumferentially surrounds the user's torso. Integrally formed with the strap are a pair of bra cups. The bra cups have an aperture centrally located that is in general alignment with the user's nipple and areola portion of the breast disposed within the bra cups. The bra cups are releasably secured proximate their top portion and are configured to fold in a downward direction so as to allow a user to place the conical shaped portion of a breast pump adjacent to the breast. A bottle support member is secured to the stretchable strap and can be deployed so as to provide substantial support for the milk receptacle of a conventional breast pump so as to minimize the requirement for the user to hold the breast pump components during milk extraction.
Owner:LEAVELL ASHLEY

Simulated breast comfort aide system

An improved comfort aide system for providing breastfed babies with the comforting sensory experience of non-feeding suckling at a breast resembling that of a mother's breast in: smell, form, feel and function. Comprising a main body portion of latex or silicone material, filled with liquid or other filler substance, shaped like a human female breast. A cover having the tactility of human skin encloses the main body. The cover may be saturated, sprayed or sprinkled with mom's breast milk. Cover dries and retains the smell of mom and her milk. Cover has a rear opening flap for permitting removal of the main body. Cover has a hole placed opposite to opening flap for nipple placement. The nipple, comprising areola, teat, and nipple base is attached through cover hole and is suckled by baby in the same manner baby would suckle to mom's natural lactating breast.
Owner:GARRETT VANESSA LYNN BLEVINS

Cosmetic appliances and methods of use

ActiveUS20090149114A1Breast enlargementBrassieresSilicone GelsHuman skin
A cosmetic appliance and method of use for temporarily lifting, gathering human skin of the breast or smoothing the human breast and skin of the breast, and which is not readily apparent once applied, formed in predetermined shapes from thin, generally translucent flexible sheeting or tape and or of a silicone gel formed into the shape of cup, to one side of which a reusable adhesive has been applied and covered with a peel-away layer for temporarily lifting, gathering, covering or smoothing the skin of the breast, nipple and areola areas, and which is not readily apparent once applied.
Owner:BRING IT UP

Nipple

InactiveUS20050277987A1Feeding-bottlesTeatsMedicineAreola
A nipple simulating the shape, surface geometry and function of a woman's breast is provided. The nipple has a stem and a base. The base has an areola region and a bulbous region. The areola region is positioned between the stem and the bulbous region, and can simulate the areola of a woman's breast. The bulbous region can simulate the region of a woman's breast surrounding the areola. The areola region has a texture or surface geometry that is different from the texture or surface geometry of the stem or bulbous region.
Owner:JMBH HLDG LLC

Reclining breast pumping system

InactiveUS20060111665A1Strong connectionFacilitates gravity-induced flow of milkMilking pumpMedical devicesAreolaBreast pumping
A disclosed reclining breast pumping system includes a breast shield that forms a passageway. Material of the breast shield adjacent to a first end of the passageway is shaped to fit over an area surrounding the areola and nipple of a woman's breast. Material of the breast shield that extends from a second end of the passageway is formed into a tube. When the breast shield is fitted onto a woman's breast, the part of the passageway closest to but not touching the nipple of the breast extends in a direction that is non-perpendicular to the areola. Variations and methods are also disclosed.
Owner:GILLAN JONATHAN C

Artificial nipple and nursing container using same

An artificial nipple can include a nipple tip section that can sufficiently reach the sucking fossa and can be appropriately squashed The artificial nipple can have a base section that widens to match an attachment object, an areola section formed contiguously to the base section and that extends while narrowing gradually, and a nipple section that extends from the areola section and that narrows more than the areola section. A flange section can be provided in the base section with a predetermined thickness. A check valve can be formed with a valve body so as to be entirely accommodated within the thickness dimension of the flange, and provided in the base section.
Owner:PIGEON CORP

Implantable prosthesis for periareolar mastopexy

An implantable prosthesis for use in periareolar mastopexy. The prosthesis may constructed of a prosthetic or biological mesh material, or a biodegradable / resorbable material, and may be either annular or frusto-conical in shape. An aperture of the prosthesis is sized to surround an areola upon implantation. The prosthesis may include a plurality of teeth, extending outwardly from a top surface of the prosthesis, and canted generally towards an apex of the prosthesis. The implantable prosthesis permits a resorbable, rather than a nonresorbable suture to be used in the periareolar mastopexy procedure.
Owner:FRANK ROBERT E
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