99 results about "Breast pump (device)" patented technology

Biological samples of mammary fluid or components thereof are obtained using a breast pump device coupled with a solid phase sample collection medium, alternatively facilitated by administering oxytocin to the subject. The breast pump device stimulates expression of mammary fluid and provides for collection of diagnostic samples to evaluate breast disease, including cancer. The biological sample may include whole cells or cellular components, purified or bulk proteins, glycoproteins, peptides, nucleotides or other desired constituents comprising a breast disease marker. Methods, kits and adapter devices relating to the breast pump device are also provided. Yet additional methods, devices, accessories, and materials are provided for laboratory handling and processing of breast fluid samples and for related diagnostic methods.

A device that supports a breast pump in a “hands-free” manner is disclosed. The device includes a cover with an opening and strap that connects the cover to an article of clothing such as a nursing bra. When connected, the device securely orients a breast shield of a breast pump over the breast of a user.

A closed-loop vacuum control system for a powered breast pump is the subject of the present disclosure. The vacuum control system includes a source of vacuum for applying a vacuum to a milk collection kit. It also includes a device for setting the vacuum level to be produced by the source of vacuum to a preselected vacuum level. The vacuum control system further includes a sensor for sensing the actual vacuum level being produced by the source of vacuum during operation. A controller continuously compares the preselected vacuum level with the actual vacuum level. A proportional valve is also provided for adjusting the actual vacuum level to correspond to the preselected vacuum level. In this manner, the proportional valve can adjust the actual vacuum level in response to a signal from the controller.

The present invention is a compact and hands-free human breast milk collection device that fits into a mother's existing nursing or standard brassiere. The invention can be attached to a conventional electric or manual pump for active milk collection and also can be used without a pump for passive milk collection. Additionally, the invention can be used for collection of hand-expressed milk. The invention comprises a breast adaptor which, in an embodiment, has at one end a funnel-shaped inlet coupled to a reservoir, wherein when the breast is inserted into the breast adaptor, the breast milk is expressed into the reservoir through a unique valve assembly and the milk is stored in the reservoir until the device is removed and the collected milk emptied into a container. In an embodiment, the valve assembly is mounted concentrically on a second end of the breast adaptor. The valve assembly alternately opens and closes communication between the breast adaptor and the reservoir. The valve assembly further includes an overflow chamber and a baffle structure to prevent backflow of milk into the pump and associated vacuum or suction line. The invention, in an embodiment, also includes a unique connection apparatus that enables the vacuum hose of the disclosed breast milk collection device to be sealingly attached to a vacuum hose of varying sizes attached to a vacuum pump mechanism.

The invention features methods and devices for controlling bleeding from blood vessels that may be damaged as a result of trauma or impact with an object, such as a bullet or shrapnel. The device may be wearable by a user and include one or more components, such as wound sealant and multiple inflatable balloons / bladders. The device may be integrated into a garment, e.g., a vest, jacket, trousers, or full body suit. Once triggered (automatically or manually), the device may be used to deliver wound sealant to a wound site and / or pressure to the wound site by selective inflation of one or more balloons over exsanguinating blood vessels that may be damaged, thereby stopping or minimizing the bleeding. Alternatively, or in addition, the device may be used to stabilize a wounded wearer for, e.g., transportation purposes, or to provide buoyancy. Devices of the invention may also be used as a blood pressure monitor, as a massaging device, and as a breast pump. Devices and methods of the invention may also be used for repairing or stabilizing machines, such as vehicles (e.g., automobiles and boats).

A pillow support device for an infant during breast feeding and for hands-free engagement of breast pump devices during milk expression sessions. The device features a front pillow section removably engageable with a rear pillow section. The front pillow section provides an optimum support for a prone child thereon during nursing sessions and concurrently is adapted for cooperative engagement with one or a plurality of breast pumps during milk expression sessions and proper positioning of the pumps in relation to the breasts of the user.

The invention relates to a breast shield unit for use together with a breast pump for expressing human breast milk, comprising a breast shield (2) for receiving a mother's breast (B) and a media separating device (7, 9) for exerting a vacuum in the interior of the breast shield (2). Said breast shield (2) has a receiving area (33) for receiving a nipple of the mother's breast (B). The media separating device (7, 9) has a media separating diaphragm (9) which can be moved to and fro between two positions for the purpose of transmitting the vacuum. The media separating diaphragm (9) is located in the receiving area (33), at least in one of the two aforementioned positions. The breast shield unit according to the invention can be produced extremely compactly, despite integrated media separation, and minimizes the dead volume.

An adapter system for facilitating collection of colostrum from a breast may include an adapter, a removable reservoir and a hand-expression funnel. The adapter may include a first open end for connecting to a breast shield of a breast pump system, a second open end for connecting to a breast pump connector of the breast pump system, and a third open end, disposed between the first and second open ends. The removable reservoir may include a wide end for removably attaching to the third open end and a narrow end for attaching to a colostrum delivery device. The hand-expression funnel may include a wide end for receiving colostrum and a narrow end for attaching to the colostrum delivery device. In some embodiments, the colostrum delivery device is a syringe.

A concealable breast pumping device is provided, including a primary unit, a squeezing unit, a milk collection bag, a stop valve unit, and a driving unit. The primary unit includes a channel, a protruding portion, and a concave portion. The protruding portion has a port. The port communicates with the channel. The inner wall of the concave portion has a spiral convex portion. The squeezing unit is covered on one end of the primary unit. One end of the milk collection bag is connected to the protruding portion, and the other end has an opening. The opening is gripped by a gripping tool. The stop valve unit is positioned in the milk collection bag. One end of the stop valve unit is connected to the protruding portion. The other end has a gap, and the gap is able to opened and closed movably.

The invention relates to a breast pump with a data acquisition function and a breast pumping data statistical management method. According to the invention, a controller is installed in a main machineand connected with a pumping motor and an electronic negative-pressure measuring instrument through wires; the pumping motor communicates with the electronic negative-pressure measuring instrument through a pipeline; the electronic negative-pressure measuring instrument communicates with a pumping pipeline through a pipeline; the controller is electrically connected with a first wireless transceiver and a timer which are arranged in the main machine through wires; a touch screen displayer is arranged at the outer side of the main machine and connected with the controller through a wire; and aliquid amount measuring device is arranged at the bottom part of a storage bottle body. Effective statistics is carried out on data like breast sucking frequency, time, sucking force, milk amount andbreast discomfort every time and even several weeks; milk secretion can be maintained; the milk amount can be increased; breast health in a lactation period can be protected; and the important guiding value and reference basis can be provided for mothers in the lactation period.

The invention belongs to the field of mother and baby products, and relates to a wearable adjustable massage breast pump for a lactation period, a shell is rotatably provided with first torsional spring shafts in a vertically symmetrical mode, and first torsional springs are connected between the first torsional spring shafts and the rear side wall of the shell; two adjusting blocks which are symmetrical up and down are fixedly arranged on the front side of the first torsional spring shaft, and breast adjusting devices are arranged on the adjusting blocks. The breast pump is worn and used by women like traditional underwear, breast pumping can be carried out without limitation at any time, normal life cannot be disturbed, meanwhile, discomfort cannot be caused in the breast pumping process, a female milk array is stimulated and massaged along the breasts, milk is collected, nipples contaminated with the milk are cleaned, follow-up pollution is avoided, meanwhile, the size of the device can be adjusted, and breasts can be better protected under the conditions of milk swelling and the like.

The present invention relates to a valve (1) for controlling the flow of a medium from a first system (24) to a second system (26) comprising a deformable dome-shaped structure (3) forming a reservoir (25) and including a flow path opening (9), a valve cover (5) including a first connector opening (15) to connect the valve (1) to the first system (24) and a contact element (23) for interacting with the flow path opening (9) to open and close it and a valve base (7) being airtightly connected to the valve cover (5) and to the dome-shaped structure (3) and including a second connector opening (17) to connect the valve (1) to the second system (26) and being coupled to the reservoir (25) The deformable dome-shaped structure (3) is configured such that in an open state of the valve (1) the deformable dome-shaped structure (3) is deformed and the flow path opening (9) is not connected to the contact element (23) to allow a medium to flow from the first system (24) to the second system (26) through the first (15) and second (17) connector openings and the flow path opening (9) and in a closed state of the valve (1) the deformable dome-shaped structure (3) is in its original dome shape and the flow path opening (9) is connected to the contact element (23) and thus closed. The present invention further relates to a pump device (47) and a breast pump device (41) including a valve (1) as described above.

An expression kit (2) for use in a breast pump device (1) for extracting breast milk from a human breast comprises a breast pump body (20) having a first pressure chamber (21), a second pressure chamber (22), and a membrane portion (5) separating the first and the second pressure chamber (21, 22) from each other. The membrane portion (5) is configured to form a barrier between the first and the second pressure chamber (21, 22) for preventing leakage of human breast milk from the second pressure chamber (22) to the first pressure chamber (21), yet to allow for air exchange between the first and the second pressure chamber (21, 22), wherein the membrane portion (5) is hydrophobic and has the shape of a solid sheet being provided with holes (50) which are configured for rendering the sheet permeable to air and impermeable to liquid.

The invention discloses a hospital grade breast pump device with a wide negative pressure range. The hospital grade breast pump device comprises a chassis, a stepping motor, an air chamber sliding cylinder, a crank, a rocking lever, a piston, a milk collecting bottle and a cup, wherein one end of the crank is in fixed transmission and connection with a rotating shaft of the stepping motor, the front end of the air chamber sliding cylinder is connected with the chassis through a support shaft, and the air chamber sliding cylinder can rotate around the support shaft; one end of the rocking lever is movably connected with the other end of the crank, the other end of the rocking lever is fixedly connected with the piston, and the piston is arranged in the air chamber sliding cylinder and movably and hermetically connected with the air chamber sliding cylinder; and a suction pipe joint is arranged at the front end of the air chamber sliding cylinder, the suction pipe joint is connected with the milk collecting bottle through a flexible pipe, the milk collecting bottle is further connected with the cup through the flexible pipe, and an exhaust hole is formed in the back part of the air chamber sliding cylinder. The hospital grade breast pump device with the wide negative pressure range, disclosed by the invention, effectively expands the negative pressure regulation range, the range can achieve -100mH-300mmHg, the negative pressure regulation at any level can be realized in the negative pressure range, and the hospital grade breast pump device can completely simulate the processes of sucking, stopping and releasing when a baby sucks breast milk.

Biological samples of mammary fluid or components thereof are obtained using a breast pump device coupled with an absorbent paper or membrane, optionally facilitated by administering oxytocin to the subject. The breast pump device stimulates expression of mammary fluid and provides for collection of diagnostic samples on the absorbent paper or membrane to evaluate breast disease, including cancer. The biological sample may include fluid containing one or more of cells or cellular components, proteins, glycoproteins, peptides, nucleotides or other desired constituents comprising a breast disease marker. Absorbent paper or membrane, and methods relating to the paper or membrane, and a breast pump device are also provided.

According to the invention, a breast pump device (1) is realized that is not only capable of realizing a breast milk extraction process, but that is also capable of providing relevant information about breast milk that is extracted, breast milk that has recently been extracted, a batch of stored breast milk, and / or the outside air. Milk-related air and / or outside air is analyzed by means of a volatile component analysis system (40) comprising at least one sensor (41) and a controller (42), wherein the controller (42) is configured and arranged to control an information device (50) for communicating the information that follows from the analysis to a user of the information device (50).

The invention discloses a breast pump and a driving control device for the breast pump, the device comprises an air pump module, an air valve module and a control module, the breast pump comprises a breast pumping part, and the breast pumping part is used for covering a breast to form a closed space; wherein the control module is used for controlling the air pump module to exhaust air in the closed space within a first time interval so as to realize an air exhaust period; the control module is used for controlling the air valve module to release air from the closed space within a second time interval so as to realize an air release period, and one air exhaust period and one air release period form a simulated sucking period; and the control module is also used for controlling the operation of the air pump module or the air valve module in the simulated sucking period so as to enable the milk sucking component to generate vibration. According to the drive control device for the breast pump and the breast pump, the vibration massage effect in the breast pumping process can be achieved, and the user experience is improved.

The invention discloses a bending device, which comprises a rack. A fixing seat for placing a product and preventing the product from moving horizontally, a fastening assembly located above the fixingseat and preventing the product from moving vertically, and a reshaping assembly located on one side of the fixing seat are arranged on the rack. The reshaping assembly can push and press a parts onthe product so as to bend the parts. According to the bending device, the product is fixed through the fixing seat and the fastening assembly, and the parts on the product is pushed and pressed through the reshaping assembly, so that the parts is bent, and a bending process is accomplished. The bending device provided by the invention is reasonable and efficient in structure compounding, capable of effectively and automatically bending the parts of the product and bending a spring and the like on a breast pump, high in work efficiency and high in product yield.

Based on the field of breastfeeding, a breast pump device (100) for expressing breast milk is disclosed. The breast pump device (100) includes: a container unit (110) for containing expressed breast milk; and a pump unit (120) including a pump body (130) and a pump unit (130) for feeding a pump body (130) A pumping device (140) that applies negative pressure to the pump volume. The pump body (130) includes an inlet portion (132) adapted to be received on a female breast and an outlet portion (134) adapted to guide the expressed milk to the container unit (110). The pump body (130) includes an actuator element (200, 300, 400) including an active material capable of deforming when a control signal is applied to the actuator element, wherein the actuation Deformation of the device element modifies at least one of the shape and size of the pump volume.

The invention relates to a breast pump kit comprising a breast pump collection system which is to be replaceable and detachable connected to an electrical driving unit during use. The breast pump collection system comprises a breast shield for placing on a breast of a user, a pump unit, and tubing connecting the breast shield to the pump unit. The pump unit comprises a compartment of a variable volume in fluid connection to the exterior only via the tubing. The pump unit is configured to be detachable combined to the driving unit such that a driving motion of the driving unit acts to alternatingly expand and contract the compartment of the pump unit. In this way the pump unit creates alternating suction and pressure in the breast shield and at the breast of the user when in use. The invention further relates to a breast pump collection system for use in such breast pump kit.

The invention discloses an auxiliary device for promoting newborn breast feeding. The device comprises a breast milk pump, a feeding bottle, a mixing bottle and a base mixing assembly, wherein the breast pump can convey pumped breast milk into the base mixing assembly, the base mixing assembly is provided with the feeding bottle, the base mixing assembly can mix milk in the feeding bottle and breast milk pumped by the breast milk pump in proportion and then convey the mixture into the mixing bottle, and a sucking head is connected to the mixing bottle. Compared with the prior art, the feedingauxiliary device enables the breast milk to be efficiently and comfortably pumped, the mixing proportion of the breast milk and the milk can be adjusted, and newborns are helped in transition from breast milk to milk powder.