Breast milk expression apparatus and system

US10426877B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• IMALAC, INC. · US

Inventors

• Noreen Gordon Sablotsky · Miami, US
• Rachael Sablotsky Kish · Miami, US
• Kathryn Garriott Sablotsky · Charleston, US
• Scott R. Arp · Kendall, US
• William T. Bales · Miami, US
• Paul John Grata · Hialeah, US
• Victor M. Gamez · Fort Lauderdale, US
• Damian H. Tomlin · Kingston, JM

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 13, 2017
• Grant date: Oct 1, 2019
• Expiry date: Sep 16, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2205/8206
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A breast milk expression apparatus for manipulating a breast of a user includes an outer shell, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced inner pads coupled to the outer shell. The pads are configured to engage the breast of the user and configured for radial displacement. The breast milk expression apparatus further includes a compression unit coupled to the plurality of pads. The compression unit is configured to cyclically displace the pads radially inwardly against the breast to cause compression of the breast and, following compression of the breast, to permit displacement of the pads radially outwardly from the breast as the breast decompresses.