Nipple Care Pad With Filter And Electromotive Pump

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for correcting inverted nipples, such as manual nipple correctors and plastic surgery, are cumbersome, ineffective, and difficult to implement post-childbirth, leading to issues with contamination and inadequate correction.

Innovation Solution

A nipple care device pad with a filter part that filters out secretions released during the correction process, combined with a hands-free integral type electromotive nipple corrector that applies suction pressure to correct the nipple.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual nipple correctors are used to correct inverted nipples, then correction function is provided, but convenience of use deteriorates due to manual operation requirement

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecorrection functionVSAvoidconvenience of use

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The nipple corrector device automatically performs the correction function without requiring manual operation. The device includes an automatic pump mechanism that generates suction pressure to correct inverted nipples, eliminating the need for users to manually press a pump while maintaining effective correction functionality

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical operation with an automated electromotive pump system. The pump is driven by a motor that automatically generates the necessary suction pressure, substituting the manual mechanical pressing action with an automated electromechanical system

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Force

If manual pumping is used in nipple correctors, then correction pressure is applied, but operational convenience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecorrection pressureVSAvoidoperational convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

ForceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The pump mechanism automatically generates and maintains the correction pressure without requiring user intervention. The device self-regulates the suction pressure application, eliminating the need for users to manually pump while ensuring consistent correction force is applied to the nipple

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If nipple correction device is used without filtration, then correction function is provided, but contamination risk increases due to secretions

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecorrection functionVSAvoidcontamination risk

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and removes secretions from the system through a filtration mechanism. The filter is integrated into the nipple contact assembly, capturing secretions as they are released during the correction process and preventing them from contaminating the device components

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The filter acts as an intermediary component between the nipple and the device interior. It allows the correction function to proceed while intercepting and containing secretions, preventing direct contact between secretions and sensitive device parts

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Reliability

If plastic surgery is used to correct inverted nipples, then correction effectiveness is improved, but adaptability deteriorates due to difficulty post-childbirth

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecorrection effectivenessVSAvoidpost-childbirth applicability

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces surgical intervention with a non-invasive electromotive pump system. This substitution allows nipple correction to be performed after childbirth without the limitations and risks associated with plastic surgery, making the treatment adaptable to post-childbirth conditions while maintaining correction effectiveness

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The solution effectively prevents contamination and ensures accurate correction of inverted nipples by filtering out secretions and applying controlled suction pressure, providing a more convenient and effective method than existing technologies.

Implementation Method 1

a pump, and a suction hole formed at one surface of the suction part in correspondence with the pump, so that the pump may apply suction pressure

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectSuction pressure: Pressure Gradient

Implementation Method 2

a filter part selectively seated in the nipple loading part and configured to filter out secretions released from the nipple

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectFiltration: Filter (physical)

Data Source

PatentUS20250134753A1Nipple care device pad, and hands-free integral type electromotive nipple corrector to which nipple care device pad is applied

Publication Date: 2025.05.01 NOVON CO LTD

AI summary

Disclosed is a nipple care device pad.The nipple care device pad of the present invention includes a close contact part having a predetermined area, a nipple loading part protruding in one direction of the close contact part and having a predetermined space therein so that a nipple is positioned in the space, a nipple pressure application hole formed at an end of the nipple loading part so that a pressure is applied to the nipple, and a filter part selectively seated in the nipple loading part and configured to filter out secretions released from the nipple to which the pressure is applied.