Lacteal Extractors (e.g., Breast Pump, Etc.) Patents (Class 604/74)
  • Patent number: 12257374
    Abstract: A breast pump is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Inventor: Hyo Soon Hwang
  • Patent number: 12220506
    Abstract: Breast pump 2 includes breast pump main body 3 generating a negative pressure for pumping, hood 4 connected to the main body 3 and placed onto a breast, and buffer portion 7 mounted detachably to hood 4, and made of a material softer than a material of hood 4. Hood 4 includes flow path portion 41 connected to the main body 3 and through which breast milk extracted from the breast passes, and diameter expansion portion 42 having a diameter expanding from flow path portion 41 toward edge portion 43 on a side opposite to flow path portion 41. Buffer portion 7 includes bonding portion 71 fitted to edge portion 43, and sealing portion 72 provided on the side opposite to bonding portion 71 and comes into close contact with inner surface 421 of diameter expansion portion 42 between flow path portion 41 and edge portion 43.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: PIGEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukifumi Ochiai, Sumiko Kuroishi
  • Patent number: 12208185
    Abstract: A housing and flange assembly arrangement for a breast pump system including or involving a flange having transparent and other structure for facilitating alignment of the breast pump on a breast, and includes structure facilitating ease of assembly of a housing for the breast pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Willow Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Chang, Brian Mason, Mathew Calmer, Naomi Kelman, Julie Vrany Phillips, Michelle Deng, David Jennings Dostal, Daniel Zisuk Lee
  • Patent number: 12133942
    Abstract: To provide a manual breast pump capable of stabilizing movement of a handle while reducing burden on muscle resulting from a repetitive operation of the handle. A manual breast pump 2 has a main body 3 having a passage 312 through which extracted breast milk passes, a hood 4 connected to the main body 3 and placed onto a breast, a diaphragm 34 generating a negative pressure in the passage 312, a holding member 200 attached to the main body 3 and provided to be rotatable with respect to the main body 3, and a handle 5 for being operated thereby deforming the diaphragm 34, the handle being held by the holding member 200. When the holding member 200 rotates with respect to the main body 3, the handle 5 rotates with respect to the main body 3 together with the holding member 200.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: PIGEON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukifumi Ochiai, Katsutoshi Takahashi, Tatsuyuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 12121361
    Abstract: A device and system for monitoring breast milk volume comprising a sensing module attached to a bra. The sensing module can include a processing unit configured to receive, store, and process readings measured by the sensing components of the module. The processing unit can be connected to a wireless transmitter that can be configured to transmit recorded and stored readings from the sensing module to a mobile device. The mobile device can display the transmitted data and further process the data to enable visualization of trends in the collected data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Inventor: Haroon Iqbal Badat
  • Patent number: 12097312
    Abstract: The systems, methods, and devices can efficiently express breast milk while being visually and audibly discreet, and portable. The breastmilk expression system for extracting milk from a breast of a female may include an interface configured to deliver suction to a nipple of the breast. The system may include a breastmilk storage container configured to store breastmilk. The system may include a control device operatively coupled to the breastmilk storage container and the interface. The control device may include one or more pressure reservoirs configured to store negative pressure. The control device may be configured to cause passive suction at the interface to cause extraction of the breast milk by controlling delivery of the negative pressure stored in the one or more pressure reservoirs to the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Emory University
    Inventors: Andrea Braden Joyner, David Andrew Barr
  • Patent number: 12097368
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical method of treating a patient. The method involves cutting the patient's skin and abdominal wall, dissecting an area of the patient's intestine, cutting the patient's intestine so as to form an intestinal wall of a reservoir, implanting at least a pump as part of a flow control device so as to permanently reside inside the patient's body and to act on said intestinal wall so as to reduce the reservoir's volume in order to empty intestinal contents from the reservoir to outside the patient's body, and thereafter, permanently closing the abdominal wall and skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Inventor: Peter Forsell
  • Patent number: 12076468
    Abstract: A device for expression and collection of breast milk, the device includes an actuatable assembly and a breast interface. The breast interface is sized to receive a breast and form a fluid tight seal against the breast. The breast interface includes an expandable membrane disposed within at least a portion of the breast interface. The expandable membrane reversibly deforms in response to actuation of the actuatable assembly, thereby applying vacuum pressure at the breast to express the breast milk. The expandable membrane comprises a plurality of expandable pleats which extend radially outward from a central longitudinal axis of the breast interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Willow Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery B. Alvarez, Janica B. Alvarez, William A. Tolmasoff
  • Patent number: 12064538
    Abstract: In a pump arrangement (6) for use with a double breast pump device, a first air conduit (65) and a second air conduit (66) have a function in connecting respective expression kits (2, 3) to the pump arrangement (6). Each of the air conduits (65, 66) N is connectable to and disconnectable from a suction side and a discharge side, respectively, of a pump (61) that is included in the pump arrangement (6). Further, the air conduits (65, 66) are connectable to and disconnectable from each other directly through an intermediate switching mechanism (70) arranged between the air conduits (65, 66) at a bypass position with respect to the pump (61), so that it is possible to directly transfer vacuum between the air conduits (65, 66) and to thereby support the functioning of the pump (61) which may be relatively small for that reason.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Paul Aelen, Johannes Petrus Antonius Maria Van Asseldonk, Arjan Teodor Van Wieringen
  • Patent number: 12059514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a breast shield used in a breast pump configured to pump human breast milk. The breast shield includes a hard base portion including both ends and a sidewall connecting the both ends to include a hollow in the base portion in which the both ends are open and a human mamma is accommodated in the hollow through any one of the both ends, through holes passing through the sidewall, and a soft portion configured to surround an outer surface and an inner surface of the base portion, prevent an airflow through the through holes, and have flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: HAENIM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heung Bae Choi
  • Patent number: 12048789
    Abstract: A container for collecting, storing and dispensing fluid, as in enteral feeding and/or medication deliver to neonatal infants. The container includes a hollow tube with a body, a first end, a second end, and an outer diameter. The hollow tube is configured to receive a movable plunger that advances and retracts therein to define a variable contained volume. The container also includes a sealing head assembly removably mounted at an end of the hollow tube. The sealing head assembly has a diameter or outside dimension that is substantially similar or identical to a corresponding outside diameter or dimension of the hollow tube, so that the container lies flat within the receiver of an enteral feeding pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Avent, Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron N. Ingram, Anthony C. Lair, Mark Martin Costello, Tony Doherty
  • Patent number: 12036342
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast responsive to a controller, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Willow Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Y. Chang, Joshua Makower, Brendan M. Donohoe, Michele Torosis
  • Patent number: 12023426
    Abstract: A breast shield arrangement (300) for a breast pump is provided. The breast shield arrangement comprises a breast receiving portion (300a) with a flexible collapsible funnel (301) and a rigid frame (340) which are made as a single unit by 2K manufacturing. The flexible funnel (330) has a circumferentially extending wall (301a). The breast receiving portion (300a) has a first and second end (310, 320). The flexible funnel (330) and the rigid frame (340) are connected at the first and second end (310, 320) of the breast receiving portion (300a) during a 2K manufacturing. The flexible funnel (330) is configured to collapse if a vacuum is applied to the breast receiving portion (300a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Gertrude Riƫtte Bakker-Van Der Kamp, Aafje Gijsbertha Koster, Johannes Tseard Van Der Kooi, Daan Hendrik Gosenshuis, Christoph Dobrusskin
  • Patent number: 12016985
    Abstract: A wearable breastmilk collection device includes a storage compartment with a flange and a cup, a breast accepting flange separated from the storage compartment by a one-way valve, a vacuum source attachment, and a reservoir in communication with the vacuum source attachment. A method of expressing and collecting breastmilk from a breast may involve using the wearable breastmilk collection device described above to express breastmilk from the breast, while the device is positioned in the woman's brassiere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Lawrence Visconti, Rush Lloyd Bartlett, II, Yuka Yamaguchi, Brian T. Leadingham, Patrick C. Tetzlaff, Alex J. Gruber, Frank Tinghwa Wang, John Burke, Grant Smetham, Graeme Davies, Ed Hele
  • Patent number: 12016984
    Abstract: The present invention provides a negative pressure generator such as a suction cup, the negative pressure generator comprising a negative pressure transmitter with a shape that remains constant after deformation so that no part of the negative pressure transmitter comes into contact with another member of the negative pressure generator. The negative pressure transmitter (80) includes an opening (81), a closed bottom portion (83), and an intermediate portion (82) connecting the opening to the bottom portion, wherein the intermediate portion includes at least a plurality of rigid portions (84a) that are formed at predetermined intervals so as to inhibit deformation, and flexible portions (86a) that are formed between the plurality of rigid portions and formed from a flexible material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: PIGEON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yukifumi Ochiai
  • Patent number: 11992328
    Abstract: A single breast pump device (1) is adapted to enable realization of at least two batches (A, B) of breast milk as a direct result of a single pumping session to be performed on at least one user's breast, which batches (A, B) are different as far as the value of at least one quality parameter of the breast milk is concerned. The single breast pump device (1) comprises a detection unit (50) for performing real-time detection of the at least one quality parameter in a flow of breast milk and outputting a detection signal representing an actual value of the at least one quality parameter, and further comprises a controller (70) for receiving the detection signal from the detection unit (50) and using the signal in a process of determining an appropriate setting of the single breast pump device (1) as far as the choice of a destination position of the milk is concerned. A double breast pump device (2) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Jozef Johannes Maria Janssen
  • Patent number: 11992586
    Abstract: A breast shield arrangement (300) for a breast pump comprises a first sealing portion (310), a port (320) and an intermediate portion (330) coupled between the first sealing portion (310) and the port (320). The intermediate portion (330) comprises a circumferentially extending wall defining a first volume (V1) which is adapted to receive a part of a breast, a first end (331), a curved portion (332) and a second end (333). The curved portion (332) comprises a second sealing portion (332c) which is adapted to at least partially seal the curved portion (332) against the nipple (310), the areola (320) or the breast (200) when a vacuum is applied at the port (320) creating a second volume (V2) between the first sealing portion (310, 332c) of the breast (200). The curved portion (332) at the second volume is curved outwardly as seen from the first sealing portion (310).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Aafje Gijsbertha Koster, Gertrude Riƫtte Bakker-Van Der Kamp, Daan Hendrik Gosenshuis, Johannes Tseard Van Der Kooi, Lili-Marjan Brockhuis, Christoph Dobrusskin
  • Patent number: 11986580
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a wearable breast pump, including a host machine, a cup and a flowing channel unit. The host machine includes a variable pressure chamber. The cup is detachably connected to the host machine through the variable pressure chamber. The flowing channel unit is detachably arranged inside the cup and separates an internal space of the cup into a flowing channel and a milk storage bowl. The flowing channel is communicated with the variable pressure chamber, the milk storage bowl and the outside. The wearable breast pump has the flowing channel unit arranged inside the cup, achieving structural optimization, whereby making the structure more concise and the shape more beautiful, as well as increasing the integration level and reducing the occupied space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU TALONG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Likang Luo
  • Patent number: 11951239
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a detachable breast pump, including a host machine, a cup and a flowing channel unit. The host machine includes a variable pressure chamber. The cup is detachably connected to the host machine through the variable pressure chamber, and the variable pressure chamber is provided thereon with a pressure transmission channel extended to an inside of the host machine. The flowing channel unit is detachably arranged inside the cup and separates an internal space of the cup into a flowing channel and a milk storage bowl. The flowing channel is communicated with the variable pressure chamber, the milk storage bowl and the outside. With the detachable breast pump, the host machine is detachably connected to the cup, facilitating convenient demounting and cleaning, reducing the labor of reinstalling after demounting and cleaning, and improving the convenience of usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU TALONG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Likang Luo
  • Patent number: 11951238
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Willow Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Chang, Joshua Makower, Brian Mason, Fred Co, Mathew Calmer, Arash Sabet
  • Patent number: 11931491
    Abstract: An improved breast pump flange assembly, flexible membrane and method of use are disclosed. In some embodiments, the breast pump flange assembly includes a flanged housing having an interior chamber extending therethrough. The flanged housing including an upper receiving portion having a first diameter, a substantially tubular middle portion having a second diameter, and a substantially tubular lower connecting portion having a third diameter. In some embodiments, the breast pump flange assembly further includes a flexible membrane having an opening extending therethrough. The flexible membrane having one or more support pad positioned at least partially around the opening of the tubular middle portion of the flanged housing. The support pad configured to simulate the sensation of a baby's mouth on a breast, causing the breast to be massaged by intermittent suction action produced by a breast pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Marcella Lee Post, Tina Louise Michael-Shine
  • Patent number: 11904077
    Abstract: A breastpump for expressing human breastmilk includes a multipart hygiene module having a first part with a flow opening for connecting to a interior, a valve body with at least one valve and a second part with a rigid cup for forming a pump chamber. The valve body is arranged between the first and second part and the hygiene module as a whole is connectable to the housing of the breastpump in a sealing and detachable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: AndrƩ Schlienger, Sebastian Hƶner, Mario Rigert, Armin Felber, Marco Steiner
  • Patent number: 11857490
    Abstract: A negative-pressure cup structure includes a cup and a vibration generating mechanism. The cup has a chamber. Two ends of the cup are separately formed with an opening end and a closed end. The closed end is provided with a negative-pressure suction hole and an electric connection hole communicating with the chamber. A bar is extended from the closed end and located in the chamber. The vibration generating mechanism includes a box, a vibration member disposed in the box and a power connector electrically connected to the vibration member. The vibration generating mechanism is fixed in the chamber of the cup in a manner of the box and the bar being connected and the power connector being inserted to the electric connection hole. Therefore, the users may obtain a better vibrational sense.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BIBOTING INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Chang Liu, Chia-Hsueh Hsieh, Li-Pin Yuan
  • Patent number: 11806451
    Abstract: The invention is a wearable breast pump system including a housing shaped at least in part to fit inside a bra and a piezo air-pump. The piezo air-pump is fitted in the housing and forms part of a closed loop system that drives a separate, deformable diaphragm to generate negative air pressure. The diaphragm is removably mounted on a breast shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Chiaro Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan O'Toole, Adam Rollo, Andrew Carr
  • Patent number: 11806454
    Abstract: A breast pump system comprises at least one wearable milk collection hub connected via an air line to a combined external air pump and control unit. Each milk collection hub comprises: (a) a breast shield made up of a breast flange and a nipple tunnel; (b) a flexible diaphragm that is configured to prevent milk from reaching the external air pump; (c) an outer shell that is configured to removably attach to the breast shield, such that, when attached, the breast shield and outer shell form a vessel for collecting milk; and (d) a diaphragm cap that is configured to be secured over the diaphragm, forms part of the front face of the outer shell, and includes a port connected to the air line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Chiaro Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thibault De Becdelievre, Oliver Blanchard, Georgia Thomas, Daniel John Thompson, Adam Rollo, Paul Reid, Jonathan O'Toole, Jack Biltcliffe, Clare Larkspur, Claudia Bruen
  • Patent number: 11779122
    Abstract: An adjustable breast pumping flange is provided. The breast pumping flange allows for adjustment of the flange angle relative to a bottle to which the flange connects. This allows for a nursing mother to more comfortably position the flanges and bottles during a pumping session. This increased comfort in turn allows for improved and more efficient milk collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: RESTFUL PUMP, INC.
    Inventors: Micolene Boddie, Blake Sama
  • Patent number: 11730867
    Abstract: The invention is a wearable breast pump system including a housing shaped at least in part to fit inside a bra and a piezo air-pump. The piezo air-pump is fitted in the housing and forms part of a closed loop system that drives a separate, deformable diaphragm to generate negative air pressure. The diaphragm is removably mounted on a breast shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Chiaro Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan O'Toole, Adam Rollo, Andrew Carr
  • Patent number: 11717599
    Abstract: A breast pump system is provided with a suction tubing and a milk tubing, wherein the suction tubing and milk tubing each have first and second ends, and comprise a unitary tube structure. The system includes a first connector that has a first portion for coupling to a breast pump and the suction tubing, and a second portion for coupling to a milk bottle and the milk tubing. The system also includes a second connector that has a first portion coupled to a suction port of a breast shield and the suction tubing, and a second portion coupled to a breast milk collecting port and the milk tubing. A breast shield system with a flexible diaphragm and a cover is provided that may be coupled to the breast pump system. A dual suction path filter cartridge is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Babyation Inc.
    Inventors: Jared Miller, Samantha Rudolph, Arthur Deptala, Corey Feit
  • Patent number: 11666689
    Abstract: A system for hands-free nursing and breast pumping includes a breast compression device with a plurality of thermoformed fluid bladders designed to fit adjustably against each breast and inflate and deflate with minimal power requirements. The compression device and its controller fit inside of a nursing garment designed to receive the device and controller for optimal compression. The nursing garment and the compression device have openings over the nipples so that a breast pump flange can be inserted through them and used in a typical manner for the extraction of breast milk, thus increasing the amount of milk expressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Lilu, Inc.
    Inventors: Sujay Suresh Kumar, Adriana Catalina Vazquez Ortiz
  • Patent number: 11666688
    Abstract: A pump device as may be used in a breast pump assembly including a pump configured to put fluid in motion, a housing accommodating the pump, at least one fluid transporting conduit connected to the pump, the at least one conduit extending between the pump and the housing, thereby connecting the pump to a position at the housing where the housing is provided with at least one opening for allowing fluid to pass, and a mounting arrangement for mounting the pump in the housing. The at least one conduit is part of the mounting arrangement and has flexible properties to reduce an extent to which vibrations of the pump are transferred to the housing through the mounting arrangement during operation of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Antonius Maria Van Asseldonk, Alexander Van Rooijen, Eyob Atnafu Amra
  • Patent number: 11642443
    Abstract: A breast shield for a breast pump for expressing human breast milk comprises a rigid base part (1) with a tubular connection piece (10) and with a funnel (11), which is integrally moulded in one piece thereon and widens away from the connection piece (10), for receiving a breast. The breast shield additionally comprises a flexible collar (2) which is arranged on the funnel (11) at an end of the funnel (11) remote from the connection piece (10) and which is realized to be placed onto the mother's breast. The named end of the funnel (11) forms a first contact surface (12) and an end of the collar (2) which faces the funnel (11) forms a second contact surface (22) and they both adjoin one another in an obtuse manner in a circumferential connecting joint (4), wherein the connecting joint is a butt joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Etienne Furrer, AndrƩ Schlienger, Marcel Muther
  • Patent number: 11642441
    Abstract: A barrier of a vacuum pump prevents contamination from entering a vacuum pump air line. The barrier separates parts of the pump and is moveable between an initial state and a distended state. The barrier is assembled within the pump with a pre-load. When the vacuum source is applied to the barrier, the barrier achieves a distended state and when the vacuum source is released, the barrier incrementally self returns to an initial state. The geometry and material construction of the barrier, along with the pre-load, assists in returning the barrier on its own to the initial state from the distended state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MEDELA HOLDING AG
    Inventors: Mark A. Luzbetak, Thomas A. Sutrina, Erich Pfenniger, Patrik Bosshard
  • Patent number: 11583468
    Abstract: The present invention A massaging apparatus for human breast, said apparatus comprised of: an electrical pump, a bra having: at least two inflatable tubes having two opening at their edges integrated at each side of the bra encircling one breast organ, wherein each inflatable tube is connected by T shape connector, wherein through pipe to the electronic pump and control module for controlling the inflation of the tubes; wherein the tube are inflated simultaneous at both edges creating dual simultaneous pressure at different size of the breast organ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: FEEDWELL LTD
    Inventor: Dov Barkay
  • Patent number: 11554198
    Abstract: An integrated breast pump includes a housing, a triple valve integrated with the housing, a breast adapter, a negative pressure generation device, a negative pressure transmission element and an one-way valve. The triple valve includes a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet and a negative pressure port. The breast adapter includes a liquid guiding outlet and is detachably connected with housing. The liquid guiding outlet communicates with the liquid inlet. The negative pressure generation device includes a pumping port and is configured for providing negative pressure periodically. The negative pressure generation device is detachably connected with housing, and the pumping port is disposed towards the negative pressure port. The negative pressure transmission element is disposed in the negative pressure port and communicates with the pumping port. The negative pressure transmission element is configured for generating deformation periodically according to the negative pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventor: Silin Pan
  • Patent number: 11523688
    Abstract: An adjustable breast pumping flange is provided. The breast pumping flange allows for adjustment of the flange angle relative to a bottle to which the flange connects. This allows for a nursing mother to more comfortably position the flanges and bottles during a pumping session. This increased comfort in turn allows for improved and more efficient milk collection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Restful Pump, Inc.
    Inventors: Micolene Boddie, Blake Sama
  • Patent number: 11511023
    Abstract: A position-assisting device for milk expression includes an upright body wedge pillow that defines a back side that has an armrest, a front user-engagement side that is sloped back, lateral sides, and a bottom side. The upright body wedge pillow has an upper head-rest section and an interior cavity that has a front face that opens to the front user-engagement side so as to be able to receive a woman's breasts for milk expression. There are breast pumps located in the interior cavity for milk expression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AG IP HOLDING LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Kenneth Powell, Marissa Gilbert, Eun-Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 11413381
    Abstract: A breast pump device and associated methods for extracting breast milk ate disclosed. A pump head comprises an external shell with an elastic membrane disposed and bonded therein to define at least one hermetically sealed chamber. Manipulation of the elastic membrane, for example, by adjusting suction or pressure in the sealed chamber or within an interior volume defined by the elastic membrane permits radial mechanical compression (positive pressure) to be applied to a nipple positioned in the pump head to simulate compression of the nipple by the infant's tongue and simultaneously permits axial hydraulic or pneumatic suction (negative pressure) to be applied to the nipple to simulate the infant's minimum intra-oral vacuum. The breast pump device of the present invention can generate these simultaneous compressions and suctions with a single vacuum source, which may be an electric pump or a hand-operated mechanical pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MOMTECH INC.
    Inventor: Carr Lane Quackenbush
  • Patent number: 11376352
    Abstract: The invention is a wearable breast pump system including a housing shaped at least in part to fit inside a bra and a piezo air-pump. The piezo air-pump is fitted in the housing and forms part of a closed loop system that drives a separate, deformable diaphragm to generate negative air pressure. The diaphragm is removably mounted on a breast shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Chiaro Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan O'Toole, Adam Rollo, Andrew Carr
  • Patent number: 11376351
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to a smart breast pump system that includes at least one sensor to monitor the expression of breast milk. The smart breast pump system may further include a mobile device which wirelessly receives sensor data from the at least one sensor. Additionally, the smart breast pump system may further include at least one server device, which wirelessly receives sensor data from the at least one mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Moxxly, LLC
    Inventors: Gabrielle V. Guthrie, Santhi Analytis, Cara C. Delzer
  • Patent number: 11357894
    Abstract: The invention is a wearable breast pump system including a housing shaped at least in part to fit inside a bra and a piezo air-pump. The piezo air-pump is fitted in the housing and forms part of a closed loop system that drives a separate, deformable diaphragm to generate negative air pressure. The diaphragm is removably mounted on a breast shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Chiaro Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan O'Toole, Adam Rollo, Andrew Carr
  • Patent number: 11324865
    Abstract: A method for facilitating milk extraction from a female breast may involve applying a breast contacting portion of a breast pump system to a breast, activating the breast pump system to administer multiple breast pumping cycles, and applying vibrations to the breast during at least a portion of each of the breast pumping cycles, using a vibration device. A vibration generating device may be a component of a breast pump system, an added attachment on a breast pump system or a separate component that works in conjunction with a breast pump system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Rush Bartlett, Frank Tinghwa Wang
  • Patent number: 11324866
    Abstract: The invention is a wearable breast pump system including a housing shaped at least in part to fit inside a bra and a piezo air-pump. The piezo air-pump is fitted in the housing and forms part of a closed loop system that drives a separate, deformable diaphragm to generate negative air pressure. The diaphragm is removably mounted on a breast shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Chiaro Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan O'Toole, Adam Rollo, Andrew Carr
  • Patent number: 11311654
    Abstract: The invention is a wearable breast pump system including a housing shaped at least in part to fit inside a bra and a piezo air-pump. The piezo air-pump is fitted in the housing and forms part of a closed loop system that drives a separate, deformable diaphragm to generate negative air pressure. The diaphragm is removably mounted on a breast shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Chiaro Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jonathan O'Toole, Adam Rollo, Andrew Carr
  • Patent number: 11305074
    Abstract: Various implementations include an insufflation system for use with an endoscope. The insufflation system includes a housing, a CO2 system, a water system, a foot pedal, a control system, an aromatic dispersion system, an audio system, and a water tubing valve. Various implementations also include a more visible foot pedal, which is useful in difficult-to-see environments. In some implementations, a water tubing valve couples conduits from two water containers to the endoscope. In a first position, water flows only from a first water container. In a second position, water flows only from a second water container. The water tubing valve prevents water-flow from both of the first water container and the second water container to happen simultaneously. The water tubing valve allows for an operator to quickly switch a source of the water, thereby facilitating continuation of a procedure in a case that the first water container is fully depleted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: BIOGASTREX LLC
    Inventors: Adisesha Reddy, Juan Carrasquilla
  • Patent number: 11273241
    Abstract: A breast flange has a cup portion shaped to receive a lactating female breast, a funnel portion coupled to the cup portion and shaped to receive areola and nipple regions of the lactating female breast and to be in contact with the areola region, and a neck portion coupled to the funnel portion and configured to be coupled directly to a breast pump fitting. At least the funnel portion is made of a pliable and resilient material, the material having a thickness. The funnel portion has a set of windows, each window defined by a reduction in thickness of the material and configured to deflect in the presence of suction so as to mimic action of a tongue of a nursing baby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: LacTeck LLC
    Inventor: Juan Chen
  • Patent number: 11260151
    Abstract: The invention is a wearable breast pump system including a housing shaped at least in part to fit inside a bra and a piezo air-pump. The piezo air-pump is fitted in the housing and forms part of a closed loop system that drives a separate, deformable diaphragm to generate negative air pressure. The diaphragm is removably mounted on a breast shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: CHIARO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jonathan O'Toole, Adam Rollo, Andrew Carr
  • Patent number: 11241521
    Abstract: An apparatus for biomimetic expression of breast milk can comprise a breast interface having an expandable membrane configured to mimic the geometry of an infant's mouth. Various regions of the expandable membrane may be configured to simulate the structure and/or function of various parts of an infant's mouth. The expandable membrane may comprise one or more of a distal sealing region configured to simulate the lips, a superior region configured to simulate the hard palate, an inferior protruding region configured to simulate the gums, an intermediate curved region configured to simulate the tongue, and one or more internal expansion regions configured to simulate the soft palate and the throat. The expandable membrane may have a varying thickness throughout the one or more various regions to enable movement of the regions similar to the movement of the corresponding regions of an infant's mouth during nursing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Willow Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffery B. Alvarez, Polina Segalova
  • Patent number: 11235093
    Abstract: A breastmilk collection device includes breast contacting flange, a vacuum reservoir, flexible diaphragm separating the breast contacting flange and the vacuum reservoir, and a flange receiver between the breast contacting flange and the flexible diaphragm. The breast contacting flange has a wide portion for accepting the breast and a narrow portion. The flexible diaphragm is located between the narrow portion and the vacuum reservoir. The flexible diaphragm moves between a sealed configuration, in which the breast contacting flange is sealed off from the vacuum reservoir, and an open valve configuration, in which the flexible diaphragm acts as a one-way valve to allow expressed milk to flow through a milk flow opening between the flexible diaphragm and the breast contacting flange when an opening pressure is reached in the breast contacting flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lansinoh Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Lawrence Visconti, Rush Lloyd Bartlett, II, Yuka Yamaguchi, Brian T. Leadingham, Patrick C. Tetzlaff, Alex J. Gruber, Frank Tinghwa Wang
  • Patent number: 11235092
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an expression kit (1) for extraction of breast milk from a female breast, comprising a funnel (2) for receiving the breast therein, a housing (4), a container (5) for receiving the breast milk, a connection port (7) for connection to a vacuum source, and a membrane element (6) arranged in the housing (4) between the funnel (2) and the container (5) for sealing the funnel (2) with respect to the connection port (7), the funnel (2) with respect to the housing (4) and the housing (4) with respect to the container (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Petrus Antonius Maria Van Asseldonk, Alexander Van Rooijen
  • Patent number: 11185619
    Abstract: Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast responsive to a controller, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Willow Innovations, Inc.
    Inventors: John Y. Chang, Joshua Makower, Brendan M. Donohoe, Michele Torosis