Abstract: Apparatus and methods for efficient expression of breast milk is provided. The device comprises a horn having a funnel for receiving a breast and a tube extending downwards from the funnel and removably connected to a first end of a main body. The main body has a stem extending downwards from a second end. The horn portion of the device can vary in size depending on the user need to accommodate varying sizes. A flexible cylindrical diaphragm and a valve is provided and are configured to engage and create a sealing between the lower portion of the main body and a container for receiving the breast milk. The use of the cylindrical diaphragm creates minor stress points along the surface of the diaphragm, thereby making it difficult to tear or damage during repeated operation and cleaning.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 2018
Date of Patent:
July 21, 2020
Assignee:
AMEDA, INC.
Inventors:
Jeremy Patrick Evans, Terry Chung, Yordan Dimitrov Pargov, David Shao Ling, Joshua Stoia, Rodrigo Labrador Gonzales, Oliver James Harris, Manshi Kiritkumar Naik, Nathan Meng, Kwang Suk Kim
Abstract: An electrical breast pump may include a permanently unobstructed continuous passageway across the diaphragm and a rolling diaphragm that is movable between a vent orientation and a vacuum orientation, or a vent piston configured to actuate a closure between a vent orientation and a vacuum orientation so that a pressure chamber is selectively in direct communication with atmospheric pressure.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 2, 2018
Publication date:
August 23, 2018
Applicant:
Ameda, Inc.
Inventors:
Jeremy Patrick EVANS, Terry CHUNG, Jordan LINN, David Shao LING, Joshua STOIA
Abstract: A feeding fluid warming system broadly includes a liner bag and an ultraviolet light warming device. The liner bag includes an inner bag that receives feeding fluid therein and an outer bag that holds warming fluid therein. The warming device includes a container, an ultraviolet light source, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The container receives the liner bag therein and the ultraviolet light source heats the warming fluid, which in turn heats the feeding fluid to temperatures within a thermal neutral zone so as to effectively and consistently maintains the fluids at these temperatures in addition to sterilizing the warming fluid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 4, 2014
Date of Patent:
April 24, 2018
Assignee:
AMEDA, INC.
Inventors:
Scott Norman, Mark Petheram, Christian Darabant, Anthony Hash
Abstract: An electrical breast pump may include a permanently unobstructed continuous passageway across the diaphragm and a rolling diaphragm that is movable between a vent orientation and a vacuum orientation, or a vent piston configured to actuate a closure between a vent orientation and a vacuum orientation so that a pressure chamber is selectively in direct communication with atmospheric pressure.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 29, 2015
Date of Patent:
April 3, 2018
Assignee:
Ameda, Inc.
Inventors:
Jeremy Patrick Evans, Terry Chung, Jordan Linn, David Shao Ling, Joshua Stoia
Abstract: An electrical breast pump may include a permanently unobstructed continuous passageway across the diaphragm and a rolling diaphragm that is movable between a vent orientation and a vacuum orientation, or a vent piston configured to actuate a closure between a vent orientation and a vacuum orientation so that a pressure chamber is selectively in direct communication with atmospheric pressure.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 29, 2015
Publication date:
December 1, 2016
Applicant:
AMEDA, INC.
Inventors:
Jeremy Patrick EVANS, Terry CHUNG, Jordan LINN, David Shao LING, Joshua STOIA