A breast pump includes a main body, a breast milk suctioning shield, and one or more air pumps. The breast milk suctioning shield is assembled in an accommodation space of the main body and detachably connected to the main body. A front end of the breast milk suctioning shield has a breast shielding portion, and a nipple passage extends from a rear end of a center portion of the breast shielding portion. One or more deformable members and a non-deformable supporting member are assembled with an annular connection portion located between the breast shielding portion and the nipple passage. The air pump has an intake port and an exhaust port. The intake port is controlled by a first valve controller to suction the nipple passage and generate a negative pressure, and the exhaust port is controlled by a second valve controller to inflate or deflate the deformable member.

A breast milk collecting method by stimulating the mammary gland of a breastfeeder to eject breast milk includes providing an audio-playing device to generate an auditory stimulation, providing a video-playing device to generate a visual stimulation, and providing a breast pump to generate a tactile stimulation and collect the breast milk. In this method, the breast pump is placed on a breast of the breastfeeder, and one or more deformable members of the breast bump is inflated or deflated alternately to touch and press the breast so as to mimic a breastfeeding condition to generate the tactile stimulation, so that the pituitary gland of the breastfeeder can be directly stimulated by the multiple sensory stimulations to secret prolatine or oxytocin, thereby allowing the mammary gland of the breastfeeder to eject the breast milk to be collected by the breast pump and treated collectively.

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.

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.

A breast pump adapter includes an upper cylindrical portion having an opening and a threading formed within a sidewall thereof. A lower cup-shaped portion extends from the upper cylindrical portion and has multiple openings. A pair of opposed flanges extend from the upper cylindrical portion and each flange has a projection formed at a distal end thereof. A lower portion is configured to be rotatably attached to the upper cylindrical portion. A guard member is disposed within an opening of the lower portion. The upper portion is configured to rotate with respect to the lower portion to move the guard member from an open position to a closed position. The breast pump adapter is configured to be attached at a first end to a breast pump and at a second end to a bottle.

A breast pump device (1) comprises i) a fluid pressure arrangement (2, 3) configured to interact with a breast from which milk is to be extracted and to realize a pressure cycle at a position where the fluid pressure arrangement (2, 3) is to face the breast, ii) a controller configured to execute an operation software program for controlling operation of the breast pump device (1), the operation software program including instructions to cause the fluid pressure arrangement (2, 3) to realize the pressure cycle, and iii) a monitoring arrangement configured to monitor functioning of the operation software program and to cause release of underpressure in case malfunctioning of the operation software program is detected. As a result, malfunctioning of the operation software program cannot last and any vacuum that may have built up in such a situation is automatically released.

A pump arrangement is provided for a breast pump system having a pump motor assembly and a damping arrangement, providing a coupling between an outer surface of the pump motor assembly and an inner surface of a housing for the pump arrangement. A set of one or more limbs extends outwardly from a frame. For example, cushions are formed by a pair of radially extending limbs and a connecting piece connecting to the pair of limbs. This arrangement provides positioning within the housing as well as damping.

A pump arrangement is provided for a breast pump system having a pump motor assembly and a damping arrangement, providing a coupling between an outer surface of the pump motor assembly and an inner surface of a housing for the pump arrangement. A set of one or more limbs extends outwardly from a frame. For example, cushions are formed by a pair of radially extending limbs and a connecting piece connecting to the pair of limbs. This arrangement provides positioning within the housing as well as damping.

A method for operating a breastpump unit for expression of human breastmilk and a breastpump unit. The breastpump unit having a pump assembly for generating vacuum pressure, a reservoir for receiving breastmilk, and a breast shield for sealing application to a breast to be pumped. The breast shield has a flexible inner chamber for receiving a nipple of the breast and a second chamber, in particular an outer chamber extending about the outside of the inner chamber and which at least partially surrounds a nipple that is inserted into the inner chamber. The method includes a cycle including evacuating the inner chamber and the reservoir by the pump assembly to a first vacuum pressure, connecting the second chamber to the pump assembly and to the reservoir 24 and evacuating the second chamber to a second vacuum pressure, in which the second vacuum pressure is higher or greater than the first vacuum pressure, and at least partly releasing the vacuum from the second chamber to a lower vacuum pressure, in particular lower than the first vacuum pressure.

A method for operating a breastpump unit for expression of human breastmilk and a breastpump unit. The breastpump unit having a pump assembly for generating vacuum pressure, a reservoir for receiving breastmilk, and a breast shield for sealing application to a breast to be pumped. The breast shield has a flexible inner chamber for receiving a nipple of the breast and a second chamber, in particular an outer chamber extending about the outside of the inner chamber and which at least partially surrounds a nipple that is inserted into the inner chamber. The method includes a cycle including evacuating the inner chamber and the reservoir by the pump assembly to a first vacuum pressure, connecting the second chamber to the pump assembly and to the reservoir 24 and evacuating the second chamber to a second vacuum pressure, in which the second vacuum pressure is higher or greater than the first vacuum pressure, and at least partly releasing the vacuum from the second chamber to a lower vacuum pressure, in particular lower than the first vacuum pressure.