A therapeutic device is placed over the breast and improves the quality of breastfeeding experience, aiming to heal and treat specific ailments nursing mothers encounter. The breast care device allows the user to maintain treatment while allowing for mobility during therapy. One aspect of the breast care device is made to contain and distribute therapeutic fluids, which are known to soothe breast pain, nipple cracks, anatomical variations, thrush, bites, milk blister, and other ailments. Another aspect of the breast care device contains an array of light elements for the purpose of light therapy, aiming to soothe the same ailments. The final aspect of the breast care device can contain a variety of electrical components, such as rollers for massage, vibration mechanisms for therapy, or ultrasound for imaging or therapy.

The invention disclosed herein generally relates to a methods and devices for personal care. The invention includes methods and devices for ameliorating microbial infections and for capture and disposal of menstrual fluid.

A compress for treating and preventing radiation dermatitis, comprising a reservoir layer configured to store and release a mixture of skin-cooling ingredients, wherein the compress is cold before applying to skin exposed to radiation therapy or becomes cold after applying to skin exposed to radiation therapy.

A lactation system is disclosed. Embodiments include at least one extraction mechanism including a compression mechanism and a collection mechanism, and a controller. The compression mechanism can include a plurality of manipulable members, each operably coupled to an actuator and arrangeable circumferentially about a breast of a user such that each member can be actuated to selectively apply pressure to a region of the breast. The collection mechanism can be removably coupleable to the compression mechanism and can comprise a storage compartment to receive and store milk The controller can be operably coupleable to the actuators to cause the members to move according to a movement pattern which can be configured to stimulate the breast to induce the flow of milk from the breast and modulated based on sensor feedback. A wearable garment with an inner structure can be removably coupled to the extraction mechanism. An outer cover can be arrangeable to conceal the extraction mechanism.

A battery powered heating pad for the breast for lactating women. The battery powered heating pad for the breast generally includes a battery powered (or electrically-powered) heating pad for the breast. The heating pad includes a U-shaped body sized and shaped to be removably positioned within a pocket in a heating pad holder for attachment to a maternity bra. The heating pad also includes a U-shaped heating element positioned in alignment with the U-shaped body to provide heat at the outer surface of the U-shaped body. A power unit is also adapted to fit within the body, and is electrically connected to the heating element to provide electrical power to it. An open portion of the U-shaped body allows access to a woman's nipple without removing the electrically-powered heating pad.

A hot and cold pack for breast treatment for pregnant women is provided. The hot and cold pack for breast treatment for pregnant women includes a cover including a through hole in a center thereof, through which a user's nipple passes, and having an annular shape of which a portion is open to adjust a size according to the size of a user's breast while wrapping and covering the user's breast, a thermal insulating material filled inside the cover, and a length adjustment unit provided in the open portion of the cover to connect both sides of the open cover, and adjusting the size of the cover.

A skin care device includes a receptacle that includes an outlet port and defines a chamber that extends from the outlet port to a sump, which is defined by an impermeable portion of the receptacle, and is disposed for receiving one end of a tube inserted through the outlet port. Wicking material is received over a permeable portion of the receptacle for location over a particular region of the skin. When a vacuum is applied at the sump, the particular region is cooled by evaporative cooling when the particular region is moist. The device includes at least one vent that is so disposed as to promote air flow and to prevent a vacuum from occurring at a portion of the skin adjacent where the wicking material is located while the vacuum is applied. The device can be used for wound care and to dispose wicking material within a skin fold.

The present invention relates to a unique therapeutic garment that wraps around the torso of a patient with a chest related ailment or recovering from a chest related procedure such as, without limitation, a mastectomy, lumpectomy, or the like. The therapeutic garment comprises a web, band or tube-like post-surgical wrap having two opposite ends along the length of the garment, which are secured together over the torso of the user. The therapeutic garment further comprises two pockets that are attached to, or integrally formed with, the wrap garment, such that one pocket covers the left breast of the wearer and the other pocket covers the right breast. Each of the pockets has an opening therein for receipt of a hot pack, cold pack and/or therapeutic device to combat swelling, pain and the like.

A device for separating and spacing breasts to reduce perspiration is provided. The device is designed primarily for use with a female undergarment, but may be used without an undergarment. The device elevates and separates the breasts from each other. Placement of the device under the breast elevates the breast to separate the skin on the underside of the breast from the skin of the user's torso. Airflow under the breasts is greatly enhanced by the device, with additional airflow provided by way of spaced apertures positioned along the device. The device has a hollow interior which may be filled with a cooling gel.

A lactation aid is disclosed having an outer layer defining a cavity and a core material located in the cavity, the core material being adapted to be one or more of: heated and cooled. The lactation aid is adapted to be manually rolled over a breast. The lactation aid may include protrusions, which protrusions may be hollow such that core material at least partially extends into the protrusions. A temperature indicator may also be present. The lactation aid may combine three therapeutic components: application of temperature (heating or cooling), movement and compression to breast tissue.