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.

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.

A pumpless silent negative pressure system comprises: a horn cover, a cylinder is provided to its lower end; a software arranged inside the horn cover, the rear end of the software is provided with one or more coils. The software's center is provided with a cavity for generating negative pressure, the front end of the software is provided with an opening for adhering to the object to be sucked, the rear end of the software is extended with a cavity inside the cavity and having a return stress rebound and a single or a single or a plurality of elastic inner concave parts of a plurality of negative pressure chambers, the front end surface of the elastic inner concave part forms a negative pressure chamber film and a stroking type promoting milk film, and the end of the elastic inner concave part is provided with a magnet.

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. The funnel (11) comprises a first wall thickness (14) and the collar (2) comprises a second wall thickness (24), wherein said second wall thickness (24) is approximately the same size as the first wall thickness (14). The breast shield according to the invention can be produced in a simple and cost-efficient manner and nevertheless is very comfortable to wear and can be placed in position on the breast in a sealing manner.

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.

A system for infant feeding adapted to mimic an infant's mouthing and suckling during breastfeeding.

An improved accessory light for breast pumps apparatus is described. This improved accessory light for breast pumps apparatus may be secured or affixed to various models of breast pumps to allow the user to have a hands-free, illuminated view of the milk being expressed from the breast. The accessory light may consist of a clamp-based accessory secured to a breast shield neck or an accessory that is secured to the breast shield back using a flexible material.

A biomechanical breast pump mechanism (1) for expressing breastmilk comprising a biomimetic funnel (2), at least two active actuation areas (23,24) on the funnel (2) and stationary areas (25), the active actuation areas (23,24) being actuatable by a driving mechanism or mechanisms (3) and being configured to replicate the complex functions of the infant's tongue during suckling namely the physical stimulation of the areola (17)/nipple (16); nipple positioning; creating and maintaining low-level baseline vacuum to create air-seal on the breast; generating sub-atmospheric pressure inside the funnel (2); creating and maintaining close-to-zero-air environment in the funnel (2); and control of the vacuum oscillation within predefined ranges coordinated negative and positive actuation (41,42) of one or both actuation areas (23,24) independently or simultaneously.

The present disclosure provides a milk bowl for a breast pump and the breast pump, aiming to solve the problems that components of a breast pump in the prior art are relatively scattered and the breast pump occupies a relatively large space. The milk bowl includes a bowl body, a milk storage cavity and a tee joint are disposed in the bowl body, a milk outlet is provided at a front end of the milk storage cavity, and the tee joint is located in the milk storage cavity; three ports of the tee joint are a milk pumping port, a milk flowing port and a negative pressure port respectively, the negative pressure port of the tee joint and the bowl body are integrated, and the negative pressure port of the tee joint is in communication with the outside. The breast pump includes the above milk bowl for a breast pump and a main unit; the main unit includes a shell; the main unit is disposed in a space formed by a rear side of a semicircular mounting plate and an upper side of an upper panel of the bowl body, and the shell of the main unit and the bowl body together form a hemispherical surface. The tee joint and the bowl body are integrated, thus saving space, reducing a volume, achieving a high degree of integration, and implementing a simple, efficient and low-cost solution for a concealed breast pump.

An apparatus includes a telescopic plunger extending between a proximal end and a distal end. The telescopic plunger includes a plurality of telescoping segments. The plurality of telescoping segments are secured together in an end-to-end configuration and expandable between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The apparatus further includes a collection container secured to the distal end of the telescopic plunger. The collection container defines a barrel having at least one inner wall. The collection container is configured to hold a liquid containing fat molecules therein. As such, a distal-most telescoping segment of the plurality of telescoping segments of the telescopic plunger is configured to sweep the inner wall(s) of the collection container to remove the fat molecules from the inner wall(s) of the collection container.