Patents by Inventor Tombozgani Banda

Tombozgani Banda has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device and method for delivering an agent into breast milk while breastfeeding
    Patent number: 8357117
    Abstract: A device for delivering an agent into breast milk while breastfeeding. In one embodiment, the device includes a breast shield modified to engage a non-woven material which has been impregnated with a milk soluble active agent such as sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS). A lactating animal, e.g. a woman, uses this agent-delivering breast shield during breastfeeding to administer prophylactic or therapeutic agents to a suckling infant. The inventions are particularly well suited to preventing transmission of HIV virus from mother to child. Alternatively, the agent-laden material could be used with a baby bottle nipple or pacifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Family Health International
    Inventors: David C. Sokal, Stephen E Gerrard, Elizabeth Kneen, Ryan Hubbard, Geoff Galgon, Tombozgani Banda
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING AN AGENT INTO BREAST MILK WHILE BREASTFEEDING
    Publication number: 20100292637
    Abstract: A device for delivering an agent into breast milk while breastfeeding. In one embodiment, the device includes a breast shield modified to engage a non-woven material which has been impregnated with a milk soluble active agent such as sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS). A lactating animal, e.g. a woman, uses this agent-delivering breast shield during breastfeeding to administer prophylactic or therapeutic agents to a suckling infant. The inventions are particularly well suited to preventing transmission of HIV virus from mother to child. Alternatively, the agent-laden material could be used with a baby bottle nipple or pacifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: David Sokal, Stephen Gerrard, Elizabeth Kneen, Ryan Hubbard, Geoff Galgon, Tombozgani Banda