Portable Breast Pump Integrated Pump Seat Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing breast pumps are complex in structure and inconvenient to carry, limiting their portability and practicality for milk collection.
Innovation Solution
A portable breast pump design featuring a hollow pump seat with integrated milk collection and sucking-out functions, a skin-friendly end surface, and a reinforcement structure for ease of use and carrying, including a transparent binding surface with volume markers and a pressure relief system to enhance usability and prevent milk spillage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If traditional breast pump structure is used, then milk collection function is achieved, but device complexity increases and portability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the milk collection bottle and pump body into a single integrated pump seat structure. The pump seat includes both the milk collection cavity and the pressing mechanism, eliminating the need for separate components. This merging of functions directly reduces device complexity while maintaining portability, as the integrated design requires fewer parts to be assembled and carried.
2Ease of operation
If pump seat is pressed to generate negative pressure, then milk suction function is achieved, but structure reliability may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The pump seat is constructed using composite materials with different properties in different regions. The pressing area uses flexible materials that can deform under pressure to generate negative pressure, while other structural areas use rigid materials to maintain overall stability. This composite construction allows the pump to achieve reliable milk suction while maintaining structural integrity during repeated use.
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 portable breast pump simplifies structure and enhances carrying convenience, allowing flexible use and effective milk collection with improved air tightness and ease of storage, while preventing milk spillage during transport.
Implementation Method 1
the pump seat is pressed to generate a negative pressure in the milk collection cavity to suck out breast milk
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a portable breast pump. The existing technical problems are solved. The portable breast pump includes a pump seat; the pump seat is hollowed, and a milk collection cavity is formed in the middle; a liquid inlet hole communicated with the milk collection cavity is formed in one side of the pump seat in a vertical direction; and a bottom side of the pump seat is provided with a planar bottom surface for placement or a bottom surface for placement sunken towards the milk collection cavity. The present disclosure has the advantages of convenience in carrying and placement, and the like.